{"product_id":"9780868522333","title":"Omnibus of a Century of South African Short Stories","description":"The chronological arrangement of the stories traces a rich inheritance. Beginning with San\/Bushmen and African oral tales, first collected and translated in the mid-19th century, the selection concludes literally in the new 21st century, in a post-apartheid, globalizing South Africa.\u003cp\u003eAcknowledged talents of the past like Olive Schreiner, Pauline Smith, Herman Charles Bosman, C Louis Leipoldt and Alan Paton share the pages with writers of the present day: Nadine Gordimer, Es’kia Mphahlele, Hennie Aucamp, Ahmed Essop, Njabulo S Ndebele, Peter Wilhelm, Sindiwe Magona, Marlene van Niekerk, and Ivan Vladislavic, among them. Translations ensure representation in English of South Africa’s cultural diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis diversity is reflected in the storytelling imagination. The oral tale co-exists with the colonial yarn, the shebeen sketch with the story of irony and implication. The apartheid landscape yields to current challenges of a society re-inventing itself to retell its story, or stories. In the short story – Michael Chapman says in his Introduction – ‘this country has an achievement of which to be justifiably proud.’ You are invited to enjoy a good read!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033154175216,"sku":"9780868522333","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780868522333_p0.jpg?v=1763827046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780868522333","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}