Post-traumatic: An Anthology of Short Stories Featuring 22 Writers by Chris Van

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Originally commissioned by the cultural arm of the Danish anti-apartheid movement, this anthology features a collection of dynamic and original pieces.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The contributors of this anthology make up a wide spectrum of South Africans: black, white, men and women, established and budding who write in either English or Afrikaans. Among these are writers who began their careers in the fifties (George Weideman), to those who were active in the black consciousness period of the seventies (Achmat Dangor, Chris van Wyk, Maropodi Mapalakanye) through to writers who first appeared in print in the eighties and nineties (Rayda Jacobs, Finuala Dowling, Zachariah Raphola, Roshila Nair, Roy Blumenthal, Allan Kolski Horwitz).While many of the writers in this anthology have established themselves as poets, novelists, dramatists and oral storytellers, they all choose the short story as another means of expressing a diverse South Africa of rural and urban life, white suburbia, black township, childhood, love, hate, reconciliation, the grim as well as the funny that make up the tapestry of a country as it used to be and as it is today.

Author Biography

Chris van Wyk is a writer of poetry, books for children and teenagers, short stories, and novels. Van Wyk is famous for his poem "In Detention" on the suspicious deaths that befell South African political prisoners during Apartheid.

Long Description

The contributors of this anthology make up a wide spectrum of South Africans: black, white, men and women, established and budding who write in either English or Afrikaans. Among these are writers who began their careers in the fifties (George Weideman), to those who were active in the black consciousness period of the seventies (Achmat Dangor, Chris van Wyk, Maropodi Mapalakanye) through to writers who first appeared in print in the eighties and nineties (Rayda Jacobs, Finuala Dowling, Zachariah Raphola, Roshila Nair, Roy Blumenthal, Allan Kolski Horwitz). While many of the writers in this anthology have established themselves as poets, novelists, dramatists and oral storytellers, they all choose the short story as another means of expressing a diverse South Africa of rural and urban life, white suburbia, black township, childhood, love, hate, reconciliation, the grim as well as the funny that make up the tapestry of a country as it used to be and as it is today.

Details ISBN0620305002 Short Title Post-Traumatic Language English ISBN-10 0620305002 ISBN-13 9780620305006 Media Book Format Paperback DOI 10.1604/9780620305006 Pages 238 Publication Date 2002-12-31 Author Chris van Wyk Publisher Botsotso Publishing Year 2002 UK Release Date 2002-12-31 Imprint Botsotso Publishing Place of Publication Houghton Country of Publication South Africa Edited by Chris Van Wyk Subtitle An Anthology of Short Stories Featuring 22 Writers DEWEY 823 Audience General We've got this

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