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Marc Koralnik |
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THE SNOW SLEEPER
A collection of stories by one of the great writers of our time
How do stories begin, and why? What are the conditions for writing fiction? Need, compulsion, a listener, opportunity, rhetoric
In THE SNOW SLEEPER, the art and meaning of storytelling is illuminated in four magically interwoven tales of friendship. In each, a narrator's narrow vision is gradually broadened and transformed into piercing self-knowledge. The characters are linked each to the other in strange, recurring loops, drawing the reader into the depths of a beautiful snowstorm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning poet, novelist and short story writer. She was awarded South Africa's high honour, the Order of Ikhamanga, in 2011 for her outstanding intellectual contribution to literary arts and culture field through poetry, literature and philosophical works. She is a Professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature and Creative Writing, Stellenbosch University and held the Unesco Africa Chair in Utrecht in 2007/8.
Her publications include the short story collection THE WOMAN WHO FORGOT HER SPYGLASS, the novella MEMORANDUM, and the novels TRIOMF and AGAAT. TRIOMF was a New York Times Notable
Book, 2004, and won the CNA Literary Award, the M-Net Prize in South Africa, and the prestigious Noma Award. AGAAT, which won the Sunday Times Literary Prize 2007 and the Hertzog Prize 2007, was translated as THE WAY OF THE WOMEN by Michiel Heyns, who won the Sol Plaatje Award for his translation.
In THE SNOW SLEEPER, the art and meaning of storytelling is illuminated in four magically interwoven tales of friendship. In each, a narrator's narrow vision is gradually broadened and transformed into piercing self-knowledge. The characters are linked each to the other in strange, recurring loops, drawing the reader into the depths of a beautiful snowstorm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning poet, novelist and short story writer. She was awarded South Africa's high honour, the Order of Ikhamanga, in 2011 for her outstanding intellectual contribution to literary arts and culture field through poetry, literature and philosophical works. She is a Professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature and Creative Writing, Stellenbosch University and held the Unesco Africa Chair in Utrecht in 2007/8.
Her publications include the short story collection THE WOMAN WHO FORGOT HER SPYGLASS, the novella MEMORANDUM, and the novels TRIOMF and AGAAT. TRIOMF was a New York Times Notable
Book, 2004, and won the CNA Literary Award, the M-Net Prize in South Africa, and the prestigious Noma Award. AGAAT, which won the Sunday Times Literary Prize 2007 and the Hertzog Prize 2007, was translated as THE WAY OF THE WOMEN by Michiel Heyns, who won the Sol Plaatje Award for his translation.
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