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“Hy voel hoe haar klein hande soekend onder sy hemp probeer inkruip. Hy
staan net ’n aks van haar af terug en trek sy hemp met een beweging oor
sy kop voor hy haar weer tot styf teen hom aantrek en hy weer haar mond
opsoek. Haar knieë knak liggies en hy trek haar stywer teen hom om haar
te steun. So deur die soen du hy haar terug na die groot bed toe. Haar
oë rek groot toe hy haar optel en op die bed neer sit. “Ek sal niks
doen wat jou ongemaklik maak nie. Ek belowe. As my hande te verdwaal,
vat dit weg. As jy
ongemaklik voel en wil stop, sê my. Ek is in jou hande.”
In her debut collection of short stories, Lindiwe Nkutha takes us through the minds of people you may overlook on an ordinary day: The wayward neighbour you vaguely remember seeing every day as a child until the day he vanished. The face you see every weekend at the local drinking hole, you exchange a polite nod but know little about, not even her name. The young woman who is caught between her faith and her love for a woman. Their lives are untidy, tainted with the pain, joy and violence as they share with us stories they wouldn't share with anyone else. Nkutha's words weave in and around the weights we drag behind us from one place to another, with a sensitivity and wit required for such vulnerabilities and intimate moments.
Tien jaar gelede het hy haar hart verniel. En hier, sonder waarskuwing,
stap hy weer in haar lewe in – met daardie ontstellend sexy
stoppelbaard ...
As jy wag vir ’n ridder op ’n wit perd gaan jy lank wag, want hulle
bestaan nie. Dis Ma Amelia se motto.
Karo is ’n suksesvolle model in Milaan en verloor haar hart op die man
van haar drome: die charismatiese Kabous. Toe hy uit die bloute ’n
romantiese bootreis saam met sy beste vriende voorstel, is sy oortuig
hy voer groot planne in die mou.
‘Those in the know claim Michael K disembarked from a diesel-smoke-spewing truck one overcast morning, looked around, and without missing a beat, chose a spot where he set down a small bucket (red, burnt and disfigured) that contained an assortment of seedlings, some fisherman’s twine and a rudimentary gardening tool – probably self-made.’ How is it that a character from literary fiction can so alter the landscapes he touches, even as he – in his self-imposed isolation – seeks to avoid them? How is it that Michael K, bewildered and bewildering, can remain so fragile yet so present, so imposing without attempting to be so? In this response to JM Coetzee’s classic masterpiece, Life & Times of Michael K, Nthikeng Mohlele dabbles in the artistic and speculative in a unique attempt to unpack the dazed and disconnected world of the title character, his solitary ways, his inventiveness, but also to show how astutely Michael K holds up a mirror to those whose paths he inadvertently crosses. Michael K explores the weight of history and of conscience, thus wrestling the character from the confines of literary creation to the frontiers of artistic timelessness.
Those Who Live in Cages captures an astonishingly intimate view of life in Eldorado Park, a coloured township south of Johannesburg, through five women - Bertha, Kaylynn, Laverne, Janice and Raquel. These unforgettable characters' lives intersect as they attempt to do the most important thing: survive another day in "The Park"
Toe Marguerite ’n jaar ná haar mislukte verlowing terugkeer na haar
grootworddorp, is almal presies nog soos wat sy hulle onthou.
Willem Prins wanders the streets of Paris, disillusioned and glum. Once, he showed great promise as a South African writer of distinction, but years of disappointment have left their mark. Drowning himself in the Seine may well be the only option left to drive up his book sales. His reason for being in Paris - the French translation of an erotic novel he wrote under a pseudonym - is not exactly something to be proud of. He is no stranger to Paris. An ex-wife of his (one of three) lives in the city with his eldest son, a young man who barely knows his father. Willem finds an unlikely companion in Jackie, a young South African working as an au pair in the city, a woman old enough to be his daughter. Together, the two of them will face the chaos of the terror attacks on Friday the thirteenth in Paris. You Lost Me is bestselling author Marita van der Vyver's thirteenth novel, a story about life's thunder clouds and the bonds between us that offer shelter. It is a tale of disillusionment and loss, told with warmth and wicked humour.
The stories in this collection span a time period from 2003 to almost 2023. They are offered as my witness to the planetary moment I've been part of, the continent of Africa I was born on, and the difficult country that formed me. In their multi-faceted variation, they reflect the changing times, the contexts and the concerns that have engrossed and troubled me. Some are speculative, some are serious, some are playful, some are, as the title suggests, Not For Sensitive Viewers. The golden thread that binds their disparate voices and themes together is my own lifelong wrestling with the deep questions of our bipolar journey on a wobbling planet through a universe of mysteries, spiritual challenge, and wonderment.
Anja is ’n verpleegsuster met ondervinding van terapiehonde. Toe sy
weens ’n bedrogspul sonder heenkome of geld op ’n kusdorp beland, bied
oom Er nst haar tydelike werk aan. Sy seun Stiaan glo egter sy het
bymotiewe.
Stories word daagliks van een person na ‘n ander oorgedra. Dit is ‘n natuurlike deel van mense se sosiale omgang met mekaar. “Stories word aan kinders vertel om lewenslesse oor te dra, en vriende vertel vir mekaar stories om mekaar te vermaak, of om inligting oor te dra. Die vertelling van verhale is dus ‘n belangrike deel van menslike interaksie. “Vertel stories waar dit nodig is. Dit voed die mens se siel. Ons het partykeer elkeen net ‘n goeie storie nodig.
Franzelle se pa eis dat sy ses maande lank as ’n doodgewone
winkelbestuurder by die familiebesigheid werk. Sy mag vir niemand sê
dat sy sy enigste erfgenaam is nie en sy mag ook nie ’n verhouding
aanknoop nie. Haar sportmotor en bodemlose beursie moet ook tuis bly.
Joga-instruktrise Lexi Retief glo aan dankbaarheid en om in die oomblik
te leef. Toe fisioterapeut Alex van Aarde Lexi se geliefde hond Hilde
kom behandel, bly nié Hilde of Lexi se hart onaangeraak nie. Maar Lexi
is besig om haar besigheid op te bou en hou nie van rooikoppe nie, al
is sy self een.
Italiaanse sywurmboere word ingevoer om 'n sybedryf te kom vestig in Gouna se boswereld, maar moerbeibome verseg om in die potklei te groei. In die strawwe boswinter word die verwarde immigrante geteister deur reen, koorssiekte en onbegrip, en raak hulle al meer verbitter teen die goewerment wat hulle onder valse voorwendsels in die wildernis afgelaai het. Die man wat hulle tot hulp kom, is 'n bosmens met 'n onregeerbare dogter en 'n kop vol planne - die eiesinnige Silas Miggel. Hy wil hulle op 'n skip kry, terug Italie toe.
It is 1989, a high point of hope in South Africa’s political history. The nation is abuzz with rumours of Nelson Mandela’s imminent release, the dismantling of guerrilla camps and the possibility of peace. A band of exiled People’s Army soldiers returns to South Africa. After years in Angola they think the change they have been fighting for is finally about to become a reality. They have been ordered to carry and deliver a sealed trunk to an unspecified destination. It is a mission that makes them a target as different parties set out to separate the men from the trunk and its mysterious contents, setting the stage for several fierce conflicts. The Texture of Shadows explores a world of hardened guerrilla fighters, corrupt police officers, ex-political prisoners and the victims of abuse of a system of bannings and beatings. But there are also cracks in this steel-edged world that hope, love and beauty can fill as the reader is swept up in the story of Chaplain Nerissa Rodrigues and her fellow soldiers.
Tydens ’n staatsgreep in die Kongo, val ’n ekstremis en sy handlangers
’n sendingstasie aan met gruwelike gevolge. Een van die oorlewendes
vlug vir haar lewe deur die reënwoud by die kuslyn af tot haar paaie
haar terug lei na Suid Afrika.
Hoe dans jy as die lied in jou hart stil geraak het?
Lumé Gous het ’n spesifieke olie nodig vir die parfuum wat sy maak. Die
enigste plek waar sy dit kan kry, is op Neil Mulder se plaas.
“You will now be tried in this fifth heaven for five crimes committed in the Herebefore. First, mass murder; second, racism; third, grand theft of Africa’s natural resources and land; fourth, exploitation and enslavement of African workers; and fifth, egotism and a vainglorious quest for immortality.” Set over five days in an African Hereafter called “After Africa”, this story revolves around the British South African imperialist, Cecil Rhodes, awakening in an After African Limbo after being asleep for 120 years. Guided by Ghanaian writer Efua Sutherland, he is taken on a tour of After Africa’s five heavens, experiencing Africa’s great civilisations, its Nobel laureates, its writers, its musicians and its sporting legends. The novella centres on the grand trial of Cecil Rhodes in the fifth heaven for five crimes committed in the Herebefore. Two Counsel for Damnation – Olive Schreiner and Stanlake Samkange – face off against two Counsel for Salvation – Nelson Mandela and Harry Oppenheimer. The seven judges from Africa’s five sub-regions and its North American, Caribbean and South American diasporasare also well-known figures: Ruth First, Wangari Maathai, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Patrice Lumumba, Taslim Elias, Maya Angelou and Toussaint l’Ouverture.
Erica se man sterf in ’n motorongeluk en sy vind kort daarna met ’n
skok uit sy is swanger. Boonop ontdek sy haar man het haar in ’n
geldelike verknorsing agtergelaat.
Megan is ’n vuurvreter advokaat wat haar nie van stryk bring nie,
totdat sy die aantreklike Eckhardt met sy verspotte kort kakiebroek
raakloop. Boonop moet sy nou saam met sy broer, ’n alombekende
mode-ontwerper, werk.
Margaux is op pad Parys toe. Sy wil ’n kunstenaar word, daarom draai sy
haar rug op haar familie, hul besigheid en ’n amper se gereëlde huwelik.
Die drie Van der Walt niggies is elkeen vasgevang in hul eie uitdagings
na die onlangse warrelwind van gebeure.
Op skool was sy dié meisie: mooi en gewild met skatryk ouers. |
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