Touch
Subtitle: stories of contact
By: by South African writers ; edited by Karina Magdalena Szczurek.
Contributors: Szczurek, Karina Magdalena.
Publisher: Zebra Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781770220461
Subjects: Short stories, South African (English) -- 21st century; Touch -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: "The stories in this collection ... give nuances to the theme of touch, with all its complex emotional and physical connotations. ... The theme has been interpreted in diverse, often surprising and inventive ways. Whether fictional or autobiographical, the contributions focus not only on emotional and bodily contact, but also on such concepts as 'staying in touch' and 'easy touch'. With the exception of two pieces, the stories in Touch were written specifically for this collection."--P. ix-x.
Table of contents: title: The crossing / Damon Galgut; title: Promenade / Henrietta Rose-Innes; title: Surprise visit / André Brink; title: Trinity / Mary Watson; title: Change / Alex Smith; title: Salt / Susan Mann; title: File under: touch (avoidance of, writers); love (avoidance of, writers). (1000 words) / Imraan Coovadia; title: In search of Tommie / Zoë Wicomb; title: Your stop / Byron Loker; title: Paper house / Julia Smuts Louw; title: Sheila / Jonny Steinberg; title: The father antenna / Elleke Boehmer; title: Lullaby / Ivan Vladislavić; title: Love in Lalaland  /  Maureen Isaacson; title: A cat of many tales / Willemien Brümmer; title: Living arrangements / Alistair Morgan; title: The third sense / Nadine Gordimer; title: Imprints / Anne Landsman; title: Nymph / Liesl Jobson; title: Easy touch / Lauren Beukes; title: Long perspectives / Michiel Heyns; title: Threesome / Emma van der Vliet.