num_pages: 320
description: After years of abuse, with only a bleak future ahead of her, a young German woman joins other women being transported to German's colony in South-West Africa to attend the needs of male settlers, but when she is confronted by the harsh reality and brutality of life in Africa, she revolts, joining a ragtag army of women and native victims to take on the German Reich. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Other Side of Silence
titlecomplete: The Other Side of Silence
genres: Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, Africa, Germany, Namibia, African Literature, Southern Africa, South Africa, Fiction
ratings_count: 500
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Sunday Times CNA Literary Award / Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt