Jungfrau and Other Short Stories

by New Internationalist Publications Ltd

• ISBN13: 9781904456629
• ISBN10: 1904456626
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: New Internationalist Pubns Inc

Summary

The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Each year the winning story and shortlisted entries are collected and published in one volume. This year's winner is Mary Watson for Jungfrau. The Caine Prize is a springboard for some of the best talent in African writing. Previous winners include Leila Aboulela, whose second novel was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006, and Helon Habila and Segun Afolabi, whose novels are published by Penguin and Random House, respectively.

Table of Contents

Caine prize stories 2006 : winner and shortlist
Jungfrau	p. 9
The last trip	p. 21
A Joburg story	p. 35
Tracking the scent of my mother	p. 47
The fanatic	p. 61
Celtel Caine Prize African writers' workshop stories, Crater Lake, Kenya 2007 (in alphabetical order, by author)
Christianity killed the cat	p. 79
The first time I said fuck	p. 89
An elegy for Easterly	p. 105
Root gold	p. 119
The emperor's new clothes	p. 131
1985 (when memoirs fail)	p. 143
Postcards	p. 151
Once upon a time	p. 161
Then, now and tomorrow	p. 169
Rejoice	p. 179
Looking for Biko	p. 191
Simon said	p. 201
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