Winter Reading 2014
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Stoned in literary deep space
SA has few independent bookshops, almost no worthwhile reviewing and certainly no cult of the reviewer as there is in Britain or the US.
A literary tour of Afghanistan takes in fact and fiction
Books about Afghanistan tell tales of war, kite-flying, the Taliban and patience stones.
Lost in the gender translation
Pirate, merc and telepath – all female, but some less convincingly so than others, writes Gwen Ansell.
‘Slow Fires’, a labour of love
Roxandra Dardagan Britz and Dan Wylie’s witty and beautiful collaboration of poetry and printmaking smoulders with the artists’ passion.
Compelling local reads have lessons for young and old
Pat Schwartz reviews ‘In Search of Happiness’ by Sonwabiso Ngcowa and ‘May I Have This Dance’ by Connie Manse Ngcaba.
Our future’s imperfect and the past, tense
Jane Rosenthal reviews ‘Dark Windows’ by Louis Greenberg and ‘Half of One Thing’ by Zirk van den Berg.