{"title":"Short Stories","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9780143026235","title":"Girls at War and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the classic collection of Chinua Achebe's short fiction, written over twenty years and drawn from literary journals and magazines. The earliest, 'Marriage is a Private Affair' (1952), dates back to his student days at Ibadan, Nigeria, while the latest, 'Sugar Baby' (1972), uses a man's simple obsession with sugar as an allegory of the far greater evil of human behaviour during the time of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Chinua+Achebe\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eChinua Achebe\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chinua Achebe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375427960995,"sku":"9780143026235","price":260.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780143026235_deac8042-ee86-4095-99bc-489eb5494a49.jpg?v=1776455393"},{"product_id":"9780795706967","title":"Affluenza","description":"\u003cp\u003eNiq Mhlongo returns with a collection of short stories that cover the span of our democracy: crime, xenophobia, racism and homophobia, the new black elite, land redistribution, the Zuma presidency. The stories have been published to critical acclaim in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the USA but remain largely unknown in South Africa. A​ffluenza offers us a chance to savour Niq Mhlongo's take on the madness of the last twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiq Mhlongo was born in 1973 in Soweto. He has a BA from the University of the Witwatersrand, with majors in African Literature and Political Studies. His first novel, Dog Eat Dog, was published by Kwela in 2004 and was translated into Spanish under the title Perro Come Perro in 2006. This Spanish edition was awarded the Mar de Letras prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBesides writing novels and short stories, Niq has written a screenplay for the animated children's TV series Magic Cellar and scripts for a comic magazine called Mshana, the first issue of which appeared in February 2007. After Tears is his second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Niq+Mhlongo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNiq Mhlongo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Niq Mhlongo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375435333795,"sku":"9780795706967","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795706967_6bd6fb42-185e-46ee-b7cc-490a0c629874.jpg?v=1776496830"},{"product_id":"9780795704543","title":"Searching for Simphiwe","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetectives in pursuit of criminals, a brother desperate to find his wunga-addicted sibling, a search for abducted girls, a quest to be reunited with a long-lost lover - these are just some of the searches that form the basis of the stories in this collection. On a more metaphysical level there are characters seeking some form of faith or purpose. Entertaining tales that keep the reader enthralled with tension and suspense, while reflecting the realities of contemporary South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Sifiso+Mzobe\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSifiso Mzobe\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sifiso Mzobe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375575842979,"sku":"9780795704543","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795704543_67da173a-b9fc-4055-aa4b-1795e7339cd9.jpg?v=1776496702"},{"product_id":"9780868522272","title":"The New Century of South African Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New Century of South African Short Stories is a major, new anthology which revisits our storytelling from a 'post-apartheid' perspective. Its forerunner was the perennial favourite, A Century of South African Short Stories, first published almost 30 years ago. This compilation, however, is an entirely fresh selection of stories spanning well over a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Various+Authors\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eVarious Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Various Authors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375697576099,"sku":"9780868522272","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780868522272_c678c257-f65f-4a0c-8f61-c897632e6af6.jpg?v=1776516792"},{"product_id":"9781415206881","title":"Mongrel: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a carcass competition in the Karoo to a shambolic murder trial in Cape Town, William Dicey's essays freewheel across an open terrain of interests. Dicey is curious and inventive, weaving strands of essay, journalism, fiction and self-reportage into something uniquely his own. Mongrel investigates a range of topics - radical environmentalism, the fault lines between farmer and farm worker, the joys and sorrows of reading - yet drifts of concern and sensibility draw the collection together. Several essays touch on how books can move, and sometimes maul, their readers. Mongrel is idiosyncratic, witty, potent.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+William+Dicey\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWilliam Dicey\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Dicey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375697805475,"sku":"9781415206881","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415206881_399a96cc-dc26-44a9-bcec-ef87eb6c045f.jpg?v=1776531244"},{"product_id":"9780620731041","title":"The Man Who Cursed the Wind - And Other Stories from the Karoo (","description":"\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jose+Manuel+de+Prada-Samper\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJose Manuel de Prada-Samper\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jose Manuel de Prada-Samper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375793029283,"sku":"9780620731041","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780620731041_bf51c06b-d550-4573-9fdd-a39e599e4ef4.jpg?v=1776477074"},{"product_id":"9780956774521","title":"Marico Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarico Moon is a collection of 60 stories by the well-known, much-loved Herman Charles Bosman. Almost all of the Oom Schalk Lourens classics are included; also some less well known, but equally brilliant and amusing stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘problem’ with many Bosman stories is that, as previously published, they use language that is today considered by many to be unacceptably offensive. For this reason, Bosman has been in serious danger of being sidelined by all except diehard fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a quest to overcome this difficulty, the publisher experimented with minor editorial adjustments and omissions, and concluded that Bosman can be presented in ways that faithfully present his storytelling brilliance without giving any offence. The result is Marico Moon: 60 stories with minimal editing, retaining the integrity of the original text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese Bosman stories represent a superbly eclectic collection, with no consciously unifying factor other than that they inspire readers to smile, laugh, think, wonder or wander. The stories in Marico Moon are 60 excellent reasons why Lionel Abrahams referred to Bosman as ‘a South African literary genius’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Herman+Charles+Bosman\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHerman Charles Bosman\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Herman Charles Bosman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375846310051,"sku":"9780956774521","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780956774521_c432608d-7327-4c48-a9fb-7b4959468f47.jpg?v=1776517174"},{"product_id":"9780795708374","title":"Soweto, Under the Apricot Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf the apricot trees of Soweto could talk, what stories would they tell? This short story collection provides an imaginative answer as it captures the vibrancy of the township and surrounds. Told with satirical flair, life and death intertwine in these tales where funerals and the ancestors feature strongly; where cemeteries are places to show off a new car and catch up on gossip.\u003cbr\u003e Take a seat under the apricot tree and be enthralled by tales both entertaining and thought-provoking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Niq+Mhlongo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNiq Mhlongo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Niq Mhlongo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376520937635,"sku":"9780795708374","price":325.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795708374_fc593d39-3331-4375-9629-0fb807c52114.jpg?v=1776497062"},{"product_id":"9781784705374","title":"Men Without Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Haruki+Murakami\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376561701027,"sku":"9781784705374","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781784705374_486519a9-ce4c-464b-9e5d-4274182313cd.jpg?v=1776588524"},{"product_id":"9781415207055","title":"Here Comes The Snake In The Grass","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Did Mandela work for nothing?'\u003cbr\u003e'Mr Sushi comes to town'\u003cbr\u003e'Give me a corrupt black any day'\u003cbr\u003eThese are just some of Eric Miyeni's newspaper columns and opinion pieces, which have earned him friends and enemies alike. Known for his straight-talking frankness, his views on subjects ranging from politics and travel to big business and sport elicit strong responses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere Comes The Snake In The Grass is a selection of Eric Miyeni's columns and occasional writings covering a variety of topics, from Julius Malema, Oprah Winfrey and Brenda Fassie to the value of radio, the true cost of crime, the need for excellence in South Africa and the difficulty of finding love in the modern world. Some of the writings in this collection court controversy, addressing issues many want hidden from view; others provide glimpses of the writer's softer side. All show why Eric Miyeni's is an unmistakeable voice in the South African media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternately hard-hitting and personal, rousing and funny, Here Comes The Snake In The Grass is an entertaining and informative look at the South African cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Eric+Miyeni\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eEric Miyeni\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Eric Miyeni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376785375395,"sku":"9781415207055","price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415207055_e2ff0c33-8197-4f4c-8337-37105f9e5a4c.jpg?v=1776531293"},{"product_id":"9780795708985","title":"Talk of the Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eTalk of the Town by award-winning writer Fred Khumalo comprises short stories he wrote over many years. In this vibrant collection Khumalo explores identity and belonging through tales about African foreign nationals in South Africa, xenophobia, South Africans abroad, exiled comrades during apartheid, and past and current township life. At times hilarious and at times gut-wrenching, this is a collection that will move you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Fred+Khumalo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eFred Khumalo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fred Khumalo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376947708067,"sku":"9780795708985","price":340.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795708985_78d55fe5-0bb0-4762-891d-d38bb4b0cbce.jpg?v=1776497152"},{"product_id":"9780007306213","title":"The Thing Around Your Neck","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A Private Experience', a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away. \u003cbr\u003eIn 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death. The young mother at the center of 'Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home. And the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them. \u003cbr\u003eSearing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Chimamanda+Ngozi+Adichie\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377032741027,"sku":"9780007306213","price":310.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780007306213_96f2e150-1a15-4b09-b7ce-df17b886fa78.jpg?v=1776446892"},{"product_id":"9780798179850","title":"Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eTjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories received the HSS Award for Best Fiction Single Authored 2018 and was short-listed for the UJ Debut Prize in 2017. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories documents the unique dialect and lives of the Gansbaai fishing community. Phillips' stories reflect the natural disorder of daily life and explores how the impact of love and loss defines - and divides - families and communities. An award-winning collection of short stories and sketches set in the Overberg district.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the author's own words: “This book is a collection of my soul, who I am as a human being, and how I connect to the people I come from.”   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive debut that brings across voices never heard before in South African English - not only in rhythm and timbre, but plumbing the unspoken. With such a remarkable ear, Jolyn Phillips is a young writer to watch.” - Antjie Krog\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jolyn+Phillips\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJolyn Phillips\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jolyn Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377119379619,"sku":"9780798179850","price":255.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780798179850_c44604e5-37a5-4a7b-b6d4-ad78c3337e58.jpg?v=1776505008"},{"product_id":"9780798183963","title":"Of Fathers and Fugitives","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel is a journalist, moving between London and Cape Town, until his elderly and demented father passes away. There is an unusual clause in the old man's will: Daniel will only inherit his half of the estate once he has paid his estranged cousin a visit on the old family farm in the Free State. It is a visit that will result in Daniel, his cousin and a sick young boy making a hopeful trip to Tokyo - a journey that will change all of their lives.\u003cbr\u003eAn exquisite, tender novel by the award-winning writer SJ Naudé, author of The Alphabet of Birds, The Third Reel and Mad Honey. An exploration of the relationships between fathers and sons, and of fatherhood, masculinity and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated into English by Michiel Heyns. Also available in Afrikaans as: Van vaders en vlugtelinge .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+SJ+Naud%C3%A9\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSJ Naudé\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SJ Naudé","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378623463587,"sku":"9780798183963","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780798183963_0a30f79d-33c9-4c0b-a49d-da783587d8e4.jpg?v=1776506140"},{"product_id":"9781415201077","title":"Flashback Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo sought-after collections of short stories by Ivan Vladislavic are brought together and made available again in this new volume. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVladislavic’s mastery of understatement and brevity is brilliantly demonstrated in these stories from Missing Persons (1989), for which he received the Olive Schreiner Prize, and Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories (1996), featuring the two stories that won him the Thomas Pringle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ivan+Vladislavic\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eIvan Vladislavic\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ivan Vladislavic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378723864739,"sku":"9781415201077","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415201077_532f6c15-0446-4c8b-a490-fba845d950c1.jpg?v=1776530990"},{"product_id":"9780997968903","title":"Sunshine Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe explore dark deeds in sunlit places.\u003cbr\u003eTravel to the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, midnight streets in Seville, and the beaches of Ghana, where a man is consumed by revenge. Follow an NGO worker kidnapped in Yemen, an engineer repairing a dam in conflict-ridden Ethiopia, and a foolish young Englishman hitchhiking across the Sahara.\u003cbr\u003eYou will also visit historic Istanbul and Mombasa, while uncovering family conflicts and hidden tensions in Singapore, Puerto Rico, and New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003eThe authors in this collection prove that evil under the sun creates some of the most compelling and entertaining crime fiction anywhere in the world.\u003cbr\u003eFeatured authors and settings include:\u003cbr\u003eLeye Adenle — Nigeria\u003cbr\u003eAnnamaria Alfieri — British East Africa\u003cbr\u003eColin Cotterill — Thailand\u003cbr\u003eSusan Froetschel — Yemen\u003cbr\u003eJason Goodwin — Istanbul\u003cbr\u003ePaul Hardisty — Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003eGreg Herren — New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eTamar Myers — Arizona\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Nadel — Istanbul\u003cbr\u003eRichie Narvaez — Puerto Rico\u003cbr\u003eKwei Quartey — Ghana\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Siger — Mykonos\u003cbr\u003eMichael Stanley — Botswana\u003cbr\u003eNick Sweet — Spain\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Williams — Guadeloupe\u003cbr\u003eRobert Wilson — the Sahara\u003cbr\u003eOvidia Yu — Singapore\u003cbr\u003eA gripping international crime collection filled with suspense, danger, and unforgettable settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Annamaria+Alfieri\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAnnamaria Alfieri\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Michael+Stanley\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMichael Stanley\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Annamaria Alfieri,Michael Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378773999779,"sku":"9780997968903","price":245.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9780997968903_b6b5b781-a311-4eb4-b387-cdb7ea099e24.jpg?v=1779347135"},{"product_id":"9781415210673","title":"Mad Honey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom South Africa to Iceland, rural Belgium and the Alps, the stories in Mad Honey radiate out to encompass the globe. In Cape Town, a couple raise their son in leafy suburbia, while their cleaner’s child must face the inequities of their country head on.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAmid Reykjavik’s frozen landscape, a woman takes mad honey with the man who has left her for another, and spends a chilling night with a violent Russian and his companion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd in New England two lovers face the cruelty of a host who lacks all humanity, while a mother takes pity on a street child she finds on a platform at Park Station.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCrowning this collection is a story cycle featuring a young Namibian and his Japanese friend, who spend a claustrophobic night in a chateau with a dark pool of glowing eels – this after being pulled into a tragedy on the ski slopes of Italy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFollowing on from his multi award-winning first collection, published in English as The Alphabet of Birds,  SJ Naudé’s second collection of short stories disturbs, surprises and enthrals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+SJ+Naude\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSJ Naude\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SJ Naude","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378869616803,"sku":"9781415210673","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415210673_6ccf890c-44d6-4b9d-b252-40d9ac2e723e.jpg?v=1776531847"},{"product_id":"9780795710148","title":"A Coat Of Many Colours","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn A Coat of Many Colours, award-winning author Fred Khumalo presents a patchwork of various vibrant stories befitting the collections title.\u003cbr\u003eA boy plays detective, investigating the case of a goat and a coat; a woman takes revenge; an inhlabi bites off more than he can chew; teenage enmity rears its head at a prestigious school for girls; a man is cursed with an ever-growing sexual appetite; and more thoughtful stories with an entertaining zing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Fred+Khumalo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eFred Khumalo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fred Khumalo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379338920099,"sku":"9780795710148","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795710148_17808baf-6c71-483e-b3f7-10b597e44b66.jpg?v=1776497362"},{"product_id":"9781770106062","title":"The Fatuous State of Severity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Fatuous State of Severity is a fresh collection of short stories and illustrations that explores themes surrounding the experiences of a generation of young, urban South Africans coping with the tensions of social media, language insecurities and relationships of various kinds. Intense and provocative, this new edition of the book, which was first self-published in 2016, features six additional stories as well as an introductory essay on Phumlani Pikoli’s publishing journey. Phumlani Pikoli is a multi-media journalist and multi-skilled artist. He was born in Zimbabwe in 1988. This is his first time being published by an actual publishing house and he intends to write and publish many more books without restriction to form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Phumlani+Pikoli\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePhumlani Pikoli\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phumlani Pikoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379470811299,"sku":"9781770106062","price":199.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781770106062_79c7fb50-a1c7-472d-b4ec-ac1f3e942949.jpg?v=1776571669"},{"product_id":"9781529038507","title":"A Registry Of My Passage Upon The Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner comes a collection of interlacing tales of men and women as they face the mysteries and magic of the world. On a fated flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And in Regency London, a bare-knuckle fighter prepares to face his most fearsome opponent, while a young mother seeks a miraculous cure for her ailing son. At times funny and irreverent, always moving, these stories cap a fifteen-year project that has won both a National Magazine Award and Pushcart Prize. From the Nile’s depths to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, from volcano-wracked islands to an asylum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, these are lives of ecstasy and epiphany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Daniel+Mason\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDaniel Mason\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daniel Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379496009891,"sku":"9781529038507","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529038507_127e0d6d-bb26-4b03-9e7d-9fc7b2b7b604.jpg?v=1776561223"},{"product_id":"9781509868711","title":"Manhattan in Reverse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of short stories, Peter F. Hamilton draws you into an array of captivating tales. These exciting glimpses into his worlds are not to be missed – and as Ken Follett says, ‘each short story has enough ideas for a whole novel’. Manhattan in Reverse features the author’s popular detective Paula Myo, from his bestselling Commonwealth books. Other stories include Watching Trees Grow, a murder mystery set in an alternative 1800s Oxford and The Forever Kitten. This questions eternal youth and the sacrifices required to pursue it. With all his usual brilliantly conceived storytelling, Peter F. Hamilton’s talents are on full display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Peter+F.+Hamilton\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePeter F. Hamilton\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Peter F. 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From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Angela+Carter\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAngela Carter\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Angela Carter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379749306531,"sku":"9780099588115","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780099588115_179b33ca-6cdb-4dbd-850e-d0e711176279.jpg?v=1776453073"},{"product_id":"9781860460395","title":"Where I'm Calling From","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortly before he died, America's laureate of the dispossessed made his own selection from his short stories, revised the texts and published them in this authorative edition. The stories in Where I'm Calling From are selected from the full range of the author's work including Furious Seasons, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, and Cathedral and include all seven stories from his last collection, Elephant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Raymond+Carver\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eRaymond Carver\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Raymond Carver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379852132515,"sku":"9781860460395","price":430.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781860460395_4baa8d52-3087-4365-821c-4b2655107c0a.jpg?v=1776603201"},{"product_id":"9781838027926","title":"The Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem, is a collection of short stories on identity, love, hope, and self-discovery. Told by rising and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond, the stories are a rich blend of suspense, humour, drama, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Allwell+Uwazuruike\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAllwell Uwazuruike\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Confidence+Uwazuruike\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eConfidence Uwazuruike\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Munachim+Amah\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMunachim Amah\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allwell Uwazuruike,Confidence Uwazuruike ,Munachim Amah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379903873187,"sku":"9781838027926","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781838027926_38a622c4-460c-4624-9229-48a5c254b721.jpg?v=1776599336"},{"product_id":"9781838027902","title":"Yellow Means Stay - An Anthology Of Love Stories From Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eYellow Means Stay is a collection of enthralling, sad, humorous, and heart-touching love stories from across Africa and the black diaspora. It features new and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond. The stories are a dynamic blend of the poetic and narrative, the spousal and familial, the suggestive and explicit, the dramatic and measured, the straight and queer, the sad and humorous, the past and future, life and afterlife. Through its pages, readers enter the world of African literature, love, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Allwell+Uwazuruike\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAllwell Uwazuruike\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Confidence+Uwazuruike\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eConfidence Uwazuruike\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Munachim+Amah\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMunachim Amah\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allwell Uwazuruike,Confidence Uwazuruike,Munachim Amah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379903938723,"sku":"9781838027902","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781838027902_4f6e7e30-8560-4b7c-a35f-bc3b9e6d5b74.jpg?v=1776599332"},{"product_id":"9781447221883","title":"Twelve Red Herrings","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive . . . A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle . . . A young artist gets the biggest break of her career . . . A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration . . . An escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland . . . How will they react? How would you? Twelve Red Herrings is the third collection of irresistible short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer. Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the twelve tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jeffrey+Archer\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJeffrey Archer\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jeffrey Archer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380244627619,"sku":"9781447221883","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781447221883_fe99ad30-25f4-41c6-b63c-0f9a07dc2386.jpg?v=1776540457"},{"product_id":"9781529115376","title":"The Jealousy Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurder. Assassination. Revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the first short story collection from the King of Scandi Crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet a detective on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin; a hired assassin facing his greatest adversary; and two passengers meeting by chance on a plane, spelling romance or something far more sinister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first ever collection of short stories, this master of crime delivers a gripping, edge-of-your seat read that you won't be able to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jo+Nesbo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJo Nesbo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jo Nesbo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380357513379,"sku":"9781529115376","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529115376_11bf64dd-5b7a-4807-8089-83b7083a0335.jpg?v=1776564163"},{"product_id":"9781399725132","title":"You like it darker","description":"\u003cp\u003e** With a bonus story for the paperback edition. **'You like it darker? Fine, so do I' writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys and mysteries; each feels iconic. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to Cujo, sees a grieving widower travel to Florida for respite and instead receive an unexpected inheritance - with major strings attached. \u003cbr\u003e'The Answer Man' asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.King writes to feel 'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind' and his ability to surprise, amaze and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. You like it darker? You got it.'As classic as King's novels are, his shorter fiction has been just as gripping over the years' USA Today'One of the great storytellers of our time' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Stephen+King\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eStephen King\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380408139939,"sku":"9781399725132","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781399725132_bd8a943d-c70f-4450-9489-80d785e28434.jpg?v=1776804191"},{"product_id":"9781529158533","title":"3 Days to Live","description":"\u003cp\u003e3 DAYS TO LIVE\u003cbr\u003eA CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned - leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST\u003cbr\u003eWhen a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOUSEKEEPERS\u003cbr\u003eA Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she's murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer's estate - facing off against the Russian mob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+James+Patterson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJames Patterson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"James Patterson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380581646499,"sku":"9781529158533","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529158533_9ac4474e-422e-4860-bbce-e46673b8b925.jpg?v=1776565195"},{"product_id":"9781529155419","title":"The Land of Sweet Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever  combines Lee's never-before-seen short stories and published nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan,  The Land of Sweet Forever  invites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection comes with an introduction by  Casey Cep,  Harper Lee's appointed biographer, which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lee's life and to her two novels.\u003cbr\u003eCombining Lee's early short fiction and later nonfiction,  The Land of Sweet Forever  offers an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Harper+Lee\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHarper Lee\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382622142627,"sku":"9781529155419","price":540.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529155419_a598ad56-e83e-473b-ab41-0d68d0d59a15.jpg?v=1776565015"},{"product_id":"9781804949504","title":"Table For Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.\u003cbr\u003eTold from seven points of view, 'Eve in Hollywood' describes how one of Towles's most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from  Rules of Civility,  crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Amor+Towles\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAmor Towles\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Amor Towles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382696984739,"sku":"9781804949504","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781804949504_4bfae32a-5588-4d18-be5c-2a670a7fff83.jpg?v=1776598558"},{"product_id":"9781067185503","title":"The Crying Bride \u0026 Other Hallucinations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of Dominique Botha's shorter writing traverses the South African landscape and far beyond, her gaze wandering from the Highveld to Europe, from family archives to hotel bars, collecting all that is profound, eccentric, humorous and mournful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending fiction and autobiography, she presents origin stories, family histories and travels. She sits at the table of Breyten Breytenbach and VS Naipaul, and evokes the Free State farm where she grew up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetic, rhythmic and ironic, these pieces - about time, identity and impermanence - are a search for meaning in the landscapes of memory by one of the country's finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Dominique+Botha\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDominique Botha\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dominique Botha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47739723022499,"sku":"9781067185503","price":324.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9781067185503_c0fe1bae-2198-4bc7-89ce-68b7ac05b163.jpg?v=1780638928"}],"url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/collections\/short-stories.oembed","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}