Temporary Sojourner: South African Stories

by Tony Eprile

Overview

A tapestry of suffering, joy, transcendence...a journey of guilt and hope...In these remarkable short stories by native South African Tony Eprile, men and women play out dramas that echo the tumultuous din of their homeland. With a particular emphasis on exiles — whether expatriates or those people alienated in their own country — these stories examine a nation breaking apart along the fault lines of race, belief, and circumstance.

With this collection, Mr. Eprile emerges as a brilliant compassionate chronicler of one of the most troubled and troubling landscapes of our world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013460911
Publisher:	PFP
Publication date:	11/16/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	190 KB

About the Author

Tony Eprile is the author of the novel The Persistence of Memory, a New York Times Notable Book, an LA Times and Washington Post Best Book and a winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. Eprile has taught at Northwestern University, Williams College, Bennington College, Lesley University, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Eprile lives in Bennington, Vermont.

Editorial Reviews

"A young writer of promise, with an eye both tender and acerbic."

N/A - Nadine Gordimer

"Eprile captures the innocence of childhood, the complexity of Black/white friendship, the conflicting sentiments of expatriates, liberal sacrifice, and hope."

N/A - Pittsburgh Courier

"Eprile quietly reveals the cruel ironies of apartheid-speak, both official and domestic: the violence in small talk, the distortion of elemental relationships, the tenuousness of order... [he] writes with precise observation and control."

N/A - New York Times

"A vigorous, supple portrayal of the diversity and divisiveness of South Africa... false steps are few in this vibrant work, ringing with harnessed outrage and with love for a people and a land rich in potential."

N/A - Publishers Weekly