![]() ![]() ![]() There is such a variety of themes to the stories in this book that you never get bored. The only problem with that is that I read a lot in bed before going to sleep, and I kept telling myself “the stories are short, I can read one more” over and over (not that I’m complaining). Each story was well written and short enough so that if I needed to stop to do something else, I could without struggling to get to the end, since I don’t like stopping in the middle of a chapter. I love a good short story antholgy, and this book didn’t let me down. ![]() Whether feeling the harrowing emotion in ‘The Last Sacrifice’ or the jauntiness of ‘Jannie Vermaak’s New Bicycle’, the reader will delight in a plethora of stories that cross boundaries to both challenge and entertain with their variety. These vibrant slices of life testify to the mysterious and luminous resources of the human spirit. ![]() “The promise implicit in an anthology is that it aspires to present something different, unexpected” ~ Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction to The Oxford Book of American Short Stories)įrom the classical form of ‘The Weight of a Feather’, first published by The Huffington Post (2013), to the suggestive allegory of ‘The Leopard and The Lizard’, this collection of short stories by South African author Judy Croome is an ideal mix of the familiar and the startling. Publisher: Aztar Press 1 edition (October 22, 2013) The Weight of a Feather: and Other Stories by Judy Croome ![]()
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