Jonathan Amid

Jonathan Amid was in 1986 in Israel gebore. Hy is van kleins af lief vir kuns, musiek, films, stories en boeke en bly die afgelope drie dekades in Stellenbosch, waar hy op skool was en by die Universiteit Stellenbosch geswot het. Hy verwerf ‘n BA in Geesteswetenskappe, en daarna ‘n BA Hons en ‘n Meestersgraad in Engelse Letterkunde (beide cum laude). Hy ruil ongeveer die afgelope dekade die lesingsaal vir die volgehoue uitdaging van voltydse tekspraktisyn (manuskripontwikkeling-, keuring en redigering in Afrikaans en Engels), private skryfkonsultant en vryskutresensent wees. Honderde resensies oor meestal plaaslike fiksie en nie-fiksie verskyn uit sy pen in die dagblaaie en op Netwerk24, op LitNet, Skrop.co.za, en in die nuwe gedaante van die Vrye Weekblad.

 

Wolf, wolf by Eben Venter

Jonathan Amid 2014-05-27 Read Jonathan Amid’s review of Wolf, wolf by Eben Venter.

The cutting room by Mary Watson

Jonathan Amid 2014-05-20 Read Jonathan Amid's review of this book, published by Penguin SA.

Moord en roof: In die kop van ’n baasspeurder deur Albert Blake

Jonathan Amid 2014-05-02 Problematiese teks oor “baasspeurder” Charles Miller getuig van teenstrydige impulse 

Napoleon Bones by Jenny Hobbs

Jonathan Amid 2014-04-24 Read a review of this crime thriller.

Tugging towards discovery

Jonathan Amid 2014-03-10 Mark Winkler's An Exceptionally Simple Theory (of Absolutely Everything) is “an intensely absorbing and unapologetically apolitical tale”.

Bloody Satisfied – edited by Joanne Hichens

Jonathan Amid 2014-01-24 “Five years later, in 2013, Hichens has once again edited and collected various storytelling voices under the title Bloody Satisfied: short.sharp.stories. The collection is the inaugural anthology produced in conjunction with the National Arts Festival. Will you be bloody satisfied after reading these stories?”

What Hidden Lies: Crime from up close

Jonathan Amid 2014-01-10 "In Greek mythology, Persephone is the queen of the underworld. In the brilliant debut novel by celebrated scriptwriter and script editor Michelle Rowe, detective Persephone (Persy) Jonas ... is the plucky young woman tasked with navigating the underworld of a community where little is as it appears."

Wenkbrou deur Deborah Steinmair

Jonathan Amid 2014-01-03 “Hierdie is ‘n veelvlakkige roman wat behoorlik die wenkbroue laat lig.”

Reader's review: Black Widow Society

Jonathan Amid 2014-01-03 "If anyone dared to say that the burgeoning South African crime fiction scene was light on inventiveness, over-politicised, almost exclusively cornered by Cape writers and lacking in contributions from black female writers, then Angela Makholwa offers a decidedly tart response with her latest novel, Black Widow Society."

The Spiral House by Claire Robertson

Jonathan Amid 2014-01-03 “Claire Robertson’s extensively researched debut novel, The Spiral House, comes after thirty years spent working as a journalist. The novel has garnered praise from various quarters, unsurprisingly, since it seems to engage every nerve and fibre of one’s body and mind, so absorbing is its arc.”

Kobra ’n riller soos min

Jonathan Amid 2013-12-19 Het Meyer na amper twintig jaar van spanningvolle, deernisvolle, besonder sterk karakter-gedrewe misdaadfiksie steeds die vinger op die pols van wat sy aanhangers van sy skryfwerk verwag?

Staring down the barrel: Mike Nicol’s Of Cops & Robbers

Jonathan Amid 2013-09-04 "Whether you read his latest work as a playful homage to the hard-boiled heroes of the 1930s, find the crossing of boundaries between fact and fiction a source of interest, or just want to read a white-knuckle thriller about the not-quite state of the nation, Nicol’s your man."

Zebra Crossing: An electrifying novel

Jonathan Amid 2013-08-28 "Without unqualified exultation it would be fair to say that Zebra Crossing is one of the very best works of socially conscious fiction produced in 2013, one that provides ample evidence of tremendous literary ability and a fine understanding of form."

Lees gerus ’n Ander mens

Jonathan Amid 2013-07-31 "Die gepaste titel dui ooglopend op die feit dat diegene wat in die getuiebeskermingsprogram geplaas word, ’n nuwe identiteit moet aanneem, en wesenlik 'nuwe' of 'ander' mense moet word om te oorleef en met hulle lewens aan te gaan."

Koljander: Geurige dis vir die fynproewer

Jonathan Amid 2013-06-12 "Die roman behoort in ’n wye smaak te val, terwyl daar ruimskoots vir die fynproewer voorsiening gemaak word."
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