Load shedding
Subtitle: writing on and over the edge of South Africa
By: edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall
Publisher: Jonathan Ball
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781868423231
Subjects: Social conditions; English essays; South African essays (English)
Description: A collection of non-fiction stories and essays from South African authors, journalists and commentators covering diverse subjects such as corruption in the countryside, sexual abuse, "Zuluness" in time of Zuma, and ethnic panic, these personal accounts shed new light on our contemporary South African world.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sarah Nuttall and Liz McGregor; title: If only there was a God / Liz McGregor; title: My defence force / Michael Titlestad; title: Midnight / Imraan Coovadia; title: Serene in my skin / Makhosazana Xaba; title: Excerpts from my diary / Achille Mbembe; title: Risky returns / Rita Barnard; title: War envy / Jonathan Hyslop; title: Marginal gains / Deborah Posel; title: Given half a chance / Karina Magdalena Szczurek; title: The bequest / Jacob Dlamini; title: Absences / Ashlee Polatinsky; title: Shedding light / Kgomotso Matsunyane; title: An unsuitable girl / Pamila Gupta; title: Beauty / Lara Allen; title: I love you, I hate you / Sarah Nuttall.