If the apricot trees of Soweto could talk, what stories would they tell? This short story collection provides an imaginative answer as it captures the vibrancy of the township and surrounds. Told with satirical flair, life and death intertwine in...
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“Feminism is about power, potential, passion, and rights, but it keeps changing in purpose and meaning …” Do you call yourself a feminist? What does this mean in your daily life? In this book, South African feminists explore their often...
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A collection of new and critically acclaimed stories by award-winning South African author Ken Barris. Here, Barris’s work combines everyday events with the surreal and fantastical: the title story centres on a dog called Worm; in another, husband and wife...
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Nathan Lucius has a problem. Every time he thinks he’s got life by the scruff of the neck it just wriggles free. There are so many rules. So many things that should be said and done to keep everyone happy....
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Simon Machabeus is the second of three brothers. He dives – for oysters, to spearfish, and for the calm and horror of the underwater world. Eli is the youngest brother. He is the chronicler of the family; he reads, and...
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