{"product_id":"botsotso-19-allan-kolski-horwitz-9780994708137","title":"Botsotso 19: Fiction: True, False and Fantastical","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eBotsotso\u003c\/em\u003e literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the \u003cem\u003eNew Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time - largely politisized black workers and youth - with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the \u003cem\u003eNew Nation\u003c\/em\u003e in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The \u003cem\u003eBotsotso \u003c\/em\u003eeditorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBotsotso 19: Fiction. True, False and Fantastical \u003c\/em\u003eincludes thirty-one pieces by a wide range of southern African writers accompanied with photographs by Moshe Sekete Potswana. The edition focuses on fiction that covers a wide range of themes and situations: Thabisani Ndlovu's \"Making a Woman\" is about patriarchy and rising feminism in a Zimbabwean village, Mpumelelo Cilibe's \"Keep the Ship Moving!\" is set during the emergence of the first trade union at a Ford motor plant in the late 1970's in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Muthal Naidoo's anthropomorphic satire \"Stone Walls\" is about exploitative friendships. \u003cem\u003eBotsotso 19\u003c\/em\u003e displays the art of storytelling in many forms and styles and moves the reader through a wide range of emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Kolski Horwitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0994708130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994708137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Botsotso Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.53d","brand":"Allan Kolski Horwitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441584353535,"sku":"9780994708137","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57ae28fb-a6b2-4e9c-b0a6-65e0612014f0.jpg?v=1777191813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/botsotso-19-allan-kolski-horwitz-9780994708137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}