The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis | Books

The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis | Books

Sitting stoned on a hill above his village, a young man muses on his place in the world. Connor is proud to have fenced pastures while his mates have been away at... Read more »
Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis | Fiction

Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis | Fiction

The narrator of American nonfiction author Michael Clune’s first novel is the 15-year-old Nicholas, who lives with his father in a housing development so cheap and deracinated it inspires existential terror. It’s a... Read more »
Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene review – a stunning Sowetan debut | Short stories

Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene review – a stunning Sowetan debut | Short stories

On the front cover of the South African writer Magogodi oaMphela Makhene’s impressive debut collection of linked stories about life under and after apartheid, a young Black girl, primly attired in a... Read more »
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