Short story reviewsExtract from A review of The Edge of Things by Jane Rosenthal
"Although there are a few less felicitious inclusions, the standard is remarably sustained. Most memorable would probably be Silke Heiss's Don't Take Me for Free, narrated by Vonny, a woman whose hold on her job as a furniture-van driver, and on her sometimes man, Azar, is extremely tenuous. This unusual story asserts the humanity of the homeless, poor and underemployed. For Vonny and Azar the stabilising symbol of their lives is a carved piece of cedar wood. This item, made by Azar, is as abitrary as fate but is seen as a spine and a road that helps to hold them. Poetic and deep, Vonny's strange existence imprints itself on the reader's mind."
Review of The Edge of Things, in Wordsetc
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Read: The Light at the end of the tunnel (2005)A short story by Silke Heiss. It was first published in African Compass – New writing from southern Africa 2005, the first title in a three year series of the US $10 000 HSBC/SA PEN Literary award.
The Light at the end of the tunnel by Silke Heiss on Scribd |
Read: The Order of Ilse GreyFirst appeared in The Southern African Short Story Review
The Order of Ilse Grey by Silke Heiss on Scribd |
