The bed book of short stories / compiled by Lauri Kubuitsile; edited by Joanne Hichens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kubuitsile, Lauri.

Hichens, Joanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, African (English).

African fiction (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athlone, South Africa : Modjajj Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The bed, dressed in hand sewn quilt or threadbare blanket, may in and of itself be memorable, but it is what happens in the bed ñ the sex and lovemaking, the dreams, the reading, the nightmares, the rest, giving birth and dying ñ which give ëbedí special meaning. Whether a bed is shared with a book, a child, a pet or a partner, whether lovers lie in ecstasy or indifference, whether ëbedí relates to intimacy or betrayal, it is memories and recollections of ëbedí, in whatever form, which have triggered the writing of these thirty stories by women from southern Africa. Well known writers Joanne F

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Making the Bed; Bedrock; In the Spirit of McPhineas Lata; Desire, with Borders; Stains Like a Map; Sleeping through Heartbreak; A Natural Combination; The Artful Craft of Quilting; The Capable Wife; Lie Still Heart: Scenes from a Girlhood Devoured; Every Picture Tells ...; To Own a Bed; A Requiem for Daniel; Lena My Lovely; Heaven (or Something Like It); Crazy; Hunters and Lovers; On a Broomstick; Nompumelelo Sinxoto's Bed; Imagining Monsters; The Outsider; Chickens and the Clinking of Glass; Fool's Gold; In Sickness

Wings on Indi's PillowHow to Write a Good Romance; In Bed with Ikeji; Portrait of a Woman in Bed; Mary, Mary; Made of Mukwa; Goodnight, Sleep Tight; Divine Possibilities, Rewards Uncertain; Author Biographies; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612710858

9781920397296

1920397299

9781282710856

1282710850

9781920397777

1920397779

9781920397302

1920397302

OCLC:

816570479