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Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
Doc Immelman is alombekend vir sy avontuur- en jagverhale. Erns Grundling noem hom “Namibië se eie Hemingway”. Bloed op die duine en ander verhale is ’n keur uit sy kortverhale wat tussen 1955 en 1963 in Die Huisgenoot en Die Brandwag verskyn het. Die bundel sluit verder die novelle “Koms dans, Klaradyn” in, wat oorspronklik in ’n Seisoen vir Romanse (1966) verskyn het.
Children of the New World introduces readers to a near future world
of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously
immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots.
Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant
connection and technological gratification that belies an
unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post collapse
landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to
rebuild as we once did millennia ago. In "The Cartographers," the
main character works for a company that creates and sells virtual
memories, while struggling to maintain a real-world relationship
sabotaged by an addiction to his own creations. ln "Saying Goodbye
to Yang," the robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child
malfunctions, and only in his absence does the family realise how
real a son he has become. Children of the New World grapples with
our unease in this modern world and how our ever growing dependence
on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander
Weinstein is a visionary new voice in speculative fiction for all
of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on
the horizon.
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me
. . .
In this glittering new selection of Fitzgerald’s short stories, we meet
Anson Hunter, ‘The Rich Boy’, whose opulent, haunting world paints a
vivid portrait of the American elite. ‘Absolution’ offers a poignant
glimpse into the soul of a young boy grappling with sin, whilst ‘May
Day’ captures the whirling hysteria at the dawn of the Jazz Age.
In Haar grootste offer ontvang Marlene, wat vier maande
swanger is, die skoknuus dat haar man wil skei. In Skaduwees
van gister veroorsaak nuwe maatreëls dat matrone Anmar
Cloete se pos oorbodig raak. Boonop word haar gewese
verloofde as ’n nuwe dokter aangestel. Karen Viljoen is melaats
verklaar. Dié oordeel dryf haar uit haar huis – tot in
Genadendal, inrigting vir melaatses. Kan Otto se liefde dié
vuurproef deurstaan in Plekkie in die son?
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