Synopsis

A selection of short stories compiled by the Department of English, University of Stellenbosch, 2007.

• The Turban by AC Jordan
• Old Transvaal Story by Herman Charles Bosman
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• The Garden Party by Katharine Mansfield
• Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway
• The Bridegroom by Nadine Gordimer
• Rain by Richard Rive
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish by JD Salinger
• Death of a Son by Njabulo Ndebele
• My Son the Fanatic by Hanif Kureishi
• The Whites Only Bench by Ivan Vladislavic

Additional items: an introduction, biographies and a glossary of literary terms.

(Bought second-hand at the Central Library, Drill Hall, Cape Town.)

An interesting collection of short stories, with notes about the genre, biographies of the authors and a glossary of literary terms.

My favourites were

• The Garden Party by Katharine Mansfield
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish by JD Salinger; and
• The Whites Only Bench by Ivan Vladislavic.

A Perfect Day for Bananafish was the best by far: beautifully written, with crisp dialogue and much left unsaid. A sketch painted by a master does not need to be coloured in.

Donated to Help the Rural Child, a charity second-hand bookshop.

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