Everyone Dies: No gauche debutante
Not thinking about death – our own and that of the people we love – is probably a mechanism of the mind that prevents us from being paralysed by its … Read More
Category: Literature
Wole Soyinka’s new novel plunges exuberantly into corruption’s maelstrom
It is a mighty tome from the great Nigerian writer. Chronicles From The Land Of The Happiest People On Earth is a mire of poetic prose. It is possible to … Read More
Jewish Literary Festival: Death and other subjects
The annual Jewish Literary Festival regales visitors with a smorgasbord of speakers connected with books reflecting Jewish experience in a myriad contexts. We attended this year’s instalment at the Gardens … Read More
Mermaid Fillet: Pressing on the pain
There are people who think they know Cape Town. People who spend a few months here, or even just a holiday, thinking it’s so beautiful, so much like home (Europe), … Read More
The Broken River Tent: Shifting the weight of history
For 100 years, a collection of tribes in the Eastern Cape, known as AmaXhosa, fought off a global empire as the British tried to expand their occupation of the continent … Read More