SA TRAVELERS LITERARY COMPANION

THIS WORK FEATURES EIGHTEEN CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY SOUTH AFRICA'S BEST WRITERS THAT TAKE THE READER ON A JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA'S LITERARY LANDSCAPE, EXPLORING AFRICA'S MOST POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION AS NO TRAVEL GUIDE CAN. LITERARY GIANTS SUCH AS NADINE GORDIMER, J.M. COETZEE, AND ALAN PATON (WHOSE "CRY BELOVED COUNTRY", EXCERPTED IN THE BOOK, WAS MADE INTO A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE) ARE AMONGST THE TALENTED WRITERS WHO EXAMINE THE UNIQUE LANDSCAPE OF A COUNTRY THAT HAS EMERGED FROM TUMULTUOUS CHANGE TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN AFRICA FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING TRAVELLERS. THE BOOK, DIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS OF SOUTH AFRICA - GAUTENG, KWAZULU-NATAL, AND THE WESTERN CAPE - ALSO INCLUDES GAME PARKS, FARMS, AND EVEN MINES.THESE STORIES NOT ONLY TRAVERSE THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA, BUT CROSS THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME TO TAKE THE READER TO A RECENT, BUT ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT SOUTH AFRICA, REFLECTING PERSPECTIVES OF BOTH THE OPPRESSED AND THE OPPRES