In this Book
- Running and Other Stories
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Modjaji Books
summary
Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject-matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories. She takes tradition � be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition � and re-imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. Bracketed by Xaba�s revisitings of Can Themba�s influential short story, The Suit, the ten stories in this collection, while strongly independent, are in conversation with one another, resulting in a collection that can be devoured all at once or savoured slowly, story by story. By re-envisioning the ordinary and accepted, Xaba is creating a space in which women�s voices are given a rebirth.
Table of Contents
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- Behind The Suit
- pp. 1-9
- Room for my Shoes
- pp. 82-92
- People of the Valley
- pp. 93-111
- The Weekend
- pp. 112-127
- The Odds of Dakar
- pp. 128-138
- The Suit Continued: The Other Side
- pp. 139-154
- Acknowledgments, Other Works, Back Cover
- pp. 155-159
Additional Information
ISBN
9781920590703
Related ISBN(s)
9781920590161
MARC Record
OCLC
870994806
Pages
170
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No