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Heinemann Book of South African Short Stories
All by writers who spent their formative years in South Africa, this diverse range of short stories spans from the end of World War II when the National Party was on the upsurge, …
We walk straight so you better get out the way
I remember shaving off my beard in the bathroom on the eve of the camp, with Mahalia Jackson singing rousing spirituals from the living room. Afterwards my chin was strangely …
My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah
A moving, witty memoir about a Jewish childhood in apartheid-era South Africa 'Hilarious and heart-breaking' William Kentridge What kind of bar mitzvah lasts only thirty minutes? …
In the Heat of Shadows
South African poetry today is charged with restlessness, burstng with diversity. Gone is the intense inward focus required to deal with a situation of systematic oppression, the …
Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse: Ponte City Revisited
White Scars
White Scars also explores the moments at which Hirson read the four books. They include the arrest of his anti-apartheid activist father, Baruch Hirson in the early 1960's; his own …
The Lava of This Land
The lava of change has spilled over South Africa again as apartheid as ended. What sort of social and artistic emerges as it cools? This anthology, containing more than two hundred …
My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah
A moving, witty memoir about a Jewish childhood in apartheid-era South Africa__________'Hilarious and heart-breaking. Hirson has the ability to evoke not just the city of his …
In the heat of the shadows
South African Poetry 1996-2013 presents work by 32 poets and includes some translations from Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho and Xitsonga. This collection follows on from …
The Lava of This Land
I remember King Kong
Based on more than 20 years of living in South Africa, this book of reminiscences recalls the flavor and timbre that can only be associated with this unique country. With each line …