South Africa is celebrating 20 Years of Freedom, and some of the celebrations are also literary.
So, for example, they're trying to determine: "the best South African short stories published in English during the past two decades of democracy" (yes, disappointingly with that 'published-in-English' caveat (as South Africa is apparently such a monoglot country that any other languages are easy to ignore ... sigh)).
At BooksLIVE they now announce the fifty stories from which the 'Twenty in 20' best will be selected (to be announced 21 July).
Several of the longlisted authors have books under review at the complete review, but only one of the stories is: the title piece from Ivan Vladislavić's The Loss Library.
At BooksLIVE they now announce the fifty stories from which the 'Twenty in 20' best will be selected (to be announced 21 July).
Several of the longlisted authors have books under review at the complete review, but only one of the stories is: the title piece from Ivan Vladislavić's The Loss Library.