Violence and hope collide in Vincent Anioke’s eloquent and powerful debut collection
The irony in the volume stretches across stories, a number of which are linked.
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The irony in the volume stretches across stories, a number of which are linked.
"I've always been interested in why people make the choices they make," Botha says.
Canadian judge Shashi Bhat called Bouchard's story "a profoundly intelligent, fiercely original piece."
Segriff's preferred mode is realism.
The biggest disappointment in this book is its relative lack of creepiness.
The real, physical world is ever-present in these stories, most particularly in a recurring theme focusing on women's bodies.
One need only read a few sentences of Munro's writing to understand that one is in the presence of literary genius.
The best stories in the book are less assiduous in cuing their reader as to how to react in any given moment.
Characters in Blaise's fiction are constantly on the move.
A number of these stories focus on military families. But the broader theme is the status of women and their struggle for independence and autonomy.