Showing posts with label Short fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Short fiction. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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Coming soon! Fool's Gold , a selection of Modjaji short fiction published over the years.
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Review of The Thin Line

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Real people have complex lives. The ones who, from the outside, look as though they are enjoying idyllic stress-free existences are often...
Friday, January 16, 2015

From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant

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The late Mavis Gallant's stories are beguiling to read The late Mavis Gallant’s stories are beguiling to read – they creep up on y...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Adults Only teaser: Q&A with Arja Salafranca

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Joanne Hichens – editor of the  Adults Only , the second annual  Short.Sharp.Stories Awards  anthology – interviews Arja Salafranca. Arja...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Meditative and moving

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Reviewing Alice , five interlinked short stories by Judith Hermann  German writer Judith Hermann examines the loss of a loved one through ...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Voila! chatroom: an interview with Arja Salafranca, by Nikki Temkin

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Arja Salafranca selected the short stories for  The Edge of Things , a compilation of South African short stories. I chatted to her. NIKK...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Loneliness a recurring theme in this collection: a review of The Edge of Things, by Gwen Podbrey

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The short story has come back into its own over the past few years, possibly because time-strapped readers find them easier to manage than a...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Invite to the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things, at The Book Lounge, July 28th

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Extracts from The Edge of Things on Peony Moon

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The Edge of Things (Dye Hard Press, 2011) consists of 24 South African short stories selected by Arja Salafranca. The contributors are Jay...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Arja Salafranca, editor of The Edge of Things, answers a few questions about life, the universe and short stories

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The Edge of Things is an eclectic collection of short stories traversing a vast distance emotionally and intellectually. For example, Arja...

Jeanne Hromnik's review of The Edge of Things

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There are 24 pieces here, some of which qualify as short stories, others more like prose poems and descriptions of emotional experiences. Re...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Invite to the Johannesburg launch of The Edge of Things

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Monday, May 16, 2011

The Edge of Things: South African short fiction selected by Arja Salafranca

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ISBN: 978-0-620-49506-6 The Edge of Things consists of 24 South African short stories selected by Arja Salafranca, and is published by Dye...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Review of The Best American Short Stories 2010, edited by Richard Russo

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The Best American series, for those unfamiliar with it, consists of a range of stories published in US and Canadian journals from the previ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Flash fiction

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100 Papers: A collection of prose poems and flash fiction by Liesl Jobson Botsotso Publishing, 2008 “A pale pink slug emerges from between ...

Deftly summons human frailties of New Yorkers

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The Last Bachelor by Jay McInerney Bloomsbury R279,95 This is the latest collection of short stories by Jay McInerney, who shot to prominen...

Fiction with the sting of fact

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Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (Random House/Struik R300) Alice Munro is one of our contemporary masters of the short story, who has mad...

A strong narrative set in rural SA

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The Angina Monologues by Rosamund Kendal (Jacana, R145) Rosamund Kendal's second novel, The Angina Monologues deals, as did her debut,...

Tenderly distilling time's essence

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Homing: Short Stories Henrietta Rose-Innes (Umuzi: R170) Henrietta Rose-Innes's debut collection of short fiction spans stories written ...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Forthcoming publication from Dye Hard Press: The Edge of Things

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The Edge of Things is a special issue of Green Dragon , to be published by Dye Hard Press , and consists of 24 short stories selected by Ar...