Tweespoor, by Helena Gunter
Helena Gunter’s skinny two-part work, with its dull brown cover featuring a faded-looking abstract drawing, looks harmless enough. What itContinue Reading
Project Type: Reviews of Short Stories and Anthologies
Giants at the End of the World, Finnish Weird anthology (J. Sinisalo, ed.)
In this collection, the stories have one thing in common – the depiction of normality as weird, unrealistic, impossible orContinue Reading
The Old Child & The Book of Words, by Jenny Erpenbeck
This unusual edition contains two short novels – or long short stories – that were first published five years apart.Continue Reading
Catch As Catch Can, by Joseph Heller
When you hear the word “catch” in a title, you immediately think of Heller’s famous WWII novel, Catch 22, writtenContinue Reading
Notes From the Middle World, by Breyten Breytenbach
This splendid collection is one volume of Breytenbach’s “Middle World Quartet” and contains the eponymous core discourse on the “middleContinue Reading
Collected stories – Hanif Kureishi
If you are a city-dweller with a family, you will recognize the characters in Hanif Kureishi’s short stories, and youContinue Reading
Vinyl Cafe anthologies, by Stuart McLean
Sometimes I chance upon the most amazing things – perhaps it is a Canadian phenomenon – unexpectedly good bands, artistsContinue Reading
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modern Bestiary, by David Sedaris
Very plainly in the genre of folklore, this collection of cautionary tales contains modern versions of the medieval bestiary. AContinue Reading
Dear Life, by H.E. Bates
The other day, I was rereading one of my favourite short story compilations, My Uncle Silas, by H.E. Bates (PenguinContinue Reading
Dear Life, by Alice Munro
The significant moments in Alice Munro’s latest collection of short stories tend to creep up behind you and hit youContinue Reading
The œuvre of Afrikaans Author Hennie Aucamp
Review of the œuvre of Afrikaans Author Hennie Aucamp South African author, poet, lyricist and playwright Hennie Aucamp died onContinue Reading
A Blink of the Screen – Collected Short Fiction, by Terry Pratchett
There are two worthwhile things about this book: Firstly, the introduction by author A.S. Byatt, which is superb and really,Continue Reading
Oulap Se Blou (Penny’s Worth of Blue), by Chris Barnard
Chris Barnard (born 15 July 1939) was a multi-award-winning South African and Afrikaans author and playwright who was one ofContinue Reading
Stick Out Your Tongue, by Ma Jian
I have read the controversial and very much banned Stick Out Your Tongue, by Ma Jian, quite a few times andContinue Reading
