The thin line / Arja Salafranca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salafranca, Arja, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--21st century.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athlone, South Africa : Modjaji Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Arja Salafranca is an accomplished writer, having twice won the Sanlam Literary Award in South Africa. The stories in her new book engage and reel in the reader on that 'thin line' from the start. The carefully drawn characters are haunting: Corinna trapped in her huge teenage body, Cleo in love with a married man after all these years, and poor skinny Mark, as he sees his love teeter away from him.'Ten Minutes to Hate' tells of an armed robbery in a packed theatre, and its effect, emotionally and psychologically, on two of the people involved. 'Collage' is the story of a possessive love so fi

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; The thin line; Couple on the beach; Collage; Sour milk, cold ash; Patterns; At the table of the short story; Ten minutes to hate; Cul-de-sacs; A car is a weapon; The game; Friends; Cleo and Nic; A man sits in a Johannesburg park; Schmalz; Solly Bernstein's story; Desire, with borders; Finally, a meeting; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Back Cover

Notes:

Short stories.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612710841

9781282710849

1282710842

9781920397784

1920397787

9781920397210

1920397213

OCLC:

733732693