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Radical Middle: Extraordinarily self-reflexive and satirical

Isaac Ndlovu 2011-11-24

Book snaps for Christmas Shopping

Janet van Eeden 2011-11-24 A pile of books landed on my desk recently which would fall into the category of good reads and great Christmas presents. I’ve done a quick snapshot of each one to whet your appetite for the Christmas shopping season.

Resident Alien told you so

Janet van Eeden 2011-11-24

Washington DC, ’n meditasie

Joan Hambidge 2011-11-23 ’n Sondagoggend in hierdie stad leer my alles van hóé om eensaamheid te verstaan: alleen op ’n dubbeldekker-bus, solo in ’n koffiewinkel, enkel in ’n restaurant in Georgetown. Klanklose televisie, ’n soutpot sonder maat, ’n Spaanse kelner

The Exploding Trousers – Part IV

Richard Jurgens 2011-11-23 Preparations for shooting the climactic scene of the film had been continuing since dawn. The set had been built in the barn of an abandoned farmhouse not far, Hilton guessed, from the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe. A small town of trailers and

Nothing but David Kramer, an interview

David Kramer, Naomi Meyer 2011-11-23 The name David Kramer is as well-known as Sunlight liquid – people use this name all the time. But do we really know this man behind the familiar bike and the red shoes? The book David Kramer: A Biography has just been launched in Cape Town.

Heidegger (vanuit Todtnauberg) 1950s

Jaco Barnard-Naudé 2011-11-17 Heidegger (vanuit Todtnauberg) 1950s

“Wat kan ek nou nog vir julle vertel?
Seuns, dogters, julle is tog wel
bekend met die mossie? Twee
vir ’n stuiwer, sê die Bybel
en nie een van hulle val
sonder die Vader op die aarde.

Wat die maand van vol is loop die snor van oor

Bibi Slippers 2011-11-17 Een van die eerste regte groot woorde wat ek op hoërskool geleer het was jukstaposisie – ek weet nie meer of dit in die kunsklas of in die Afrikaans-klas was nie. Jukstaposisie is 'n heerlike woord wat wonderlike kreatiewe moontlikhede inhou ...

The Exploding Trousers – Part II

Richard Jurgens 2011-11-16 “Dude,” said a voice that seemed to be coming through a plastic megaphone, “dude, wake up!’ Hilton Ellis opened an eye, and was rewarded with a sideways-on view of the gopher, Rory, of course: standing over his bed.

The Exploding Trousers – Part III

Richard Jurgens 2011-11-16 The picture was blurred at first, but gained in clarity as his eyes gradually adjusted to the dim light. It was a black-and-white line drawing, or an etching perhaps, in the style of illustrations in Victorian adventure stories.

The other Booker Prize: Sonderlinge verhale vanuit die rand van ons gesigsveld

Chris van der Merwe 2011-11-16 Azila Reisenberger het in ’n Hebreeuse huisgesin in Israel grootgeword, as jong vrou die wêreld deurreis, en haar later saam met haar Duitse man in Kaapstad gevestig. So pas het van hierdie merkwaardige vrou ’n tipe “vermomde outobiografie” verskyn met ...

Book extract: Bad Sex (1)

Leon de Kock 2011-11-15 I approach the door of Anna Brink’s rooms in Observatory, Johannesburg, in which her clean-cut therapy chamber is located. I’ve been here before, on a couple of occasions when life – relationships and marriage – got too hot to handle. She knows me well. In fact, she’s like an old friend. I know that, once Anna opens the door, we will go immediately left, into her refuge for the talking wounded.

weghol haikoe

DW Gouws 2011-11-15 weghol haikoe (agtermiddaggedagte ná die lees van ’n Afrikaanse literêre tydskrif) ’n sekere wit vlinder vlind wit en wit en wit en wit verby boom voor blou

Lonely connect

2011-11-15 Die smart phone is my Psalm drie-en-twintig
niks sal my ontbreek nie:

Uit Blou Maandag: Ek en my hond op ’n Maandagoggend

Erns Grundling 2011-11-15 Ek is ’n linkshandige Skerpioen, gebore op 12 November 1979. ’n Maandag. Dieselfde jaar was die Boomtown Rats se popliedjie “I Don’t Like Mondays” ’n treffer.

Light and After: From the mind of a sensitive poet

2011-11-15 Kobus Moolman’s Light and After is his fifth collection of poetry. Lyrically evocative and engaging, this collection reintroduces readers familiar with Moolman’s poetry to his confident lines, unique images, memorable language and impressive narrative ...

Venessa Atson 2011-11-15

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