16 SHORT STORIES BY S.A.-9781868302413

16 SHORT STORIES BY S.A.-9781868302413

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it has taken the South African Short Story a longtime to recover from the “curious” tales of man and beast in darkest Africa” tradition seen at it’s unforgettable best in the romances of Rider Haggard.

Covers a wide range of different short stories. Includes classic and contemporary works. Authors from South Africa and the rest of the world. Introductions, annotations and footnotes. Contextual and other questions for each story. Detailed marking guidelines.

The story, dressed in hand sewn quilt or threadbare blanket, may in and of itself be memorable, but it is what happens in the story –  the dreams, the reading, the nightmares, the rest, giving birth and dying – which give “story” special meaning. Whether a bed is shared with a book, a child, a pet or a partner, whether lovers lie in ecstasy or indifference, whether “story” relates to intimacy or betrayal, it is memories and recollections of “story”, in whatever form, which have triggered the writing of these thirty stories by women from southern Africa.

Well known writers each with a unique voice as they cast light on the intimate lives of women living in this part of the world and the possibilities that are both available to and denied them. The Book of short stories – some quirky and tender, others traumatic or macabre – is the perfect companion to take to bed with you, to keep you reading long into the night.

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16 Short Stories by S.A.
Reference: M9781868302413
Categories: Fiction, Journals, memoirs and letters Tags: 16 stories by South African writers, The Book Collector Hermanus

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16 Short Stories by S.A. 9781868302413