num_pages: 144
description: A collection of short stories exploring the emotional and physical landscapes of South Africa.Contents: A soldier's embrace -- A lion on the freeway -- Siblings -- Time did -- A hunting accident -- For dear life -- Town and country lovers one -- (Two) -- A mad one -- You name it -- The termitary -- The need for something sweet -- Oral history.
language: English
title: A Soldier's Embrace: Stories
titlecomplete: A Soldier's Embrace: Stories
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Nobel Prize, South Africa, Fiction, Short Stories, Africa
ratings_count: 90
publisher: Penguin Books