The Interpreters

<p class=ql-align-justify>Across three decades of democracy South Africa has seen an outpouring of longform narrative journalism and creative nonfiction - genres in which some of the country's finest writers have tried to make sense of a complex and changing society. This brand new one-of-a-kind anthology collects some of the best literary nonfiction published since the end of apartheid carefully selected and introduced by editors Sean Christie and Hedley Twidle. </p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>From the underworld of zama zama goldminers to the tragicomic closure of a Cape Town zoo from stick fighting to punk rock game lodges to fruit farms cricket pitches to mermaids <strong><em>The Interpreters: South Africa's New Nonfiction</em></strong> assembles a range of true stories that are as compelling as any fiction. </p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Literary nonfiction in South Africa has often been found at the margins of our media - in zines journals now defunct magazines and personal blogs. It is a kind of writing that has in general not made much financial sense - more a medium for those obsessed with pursuing a single story over months or years. In <em>The Interpreters</em> the editors have combed through 30 years of post-apartheid writing to produce a collection that combines preeminent names with lesser known but no less immersive and powerful works of creative journalism - disparate views and voices that when read together have created a new topography of South Africa's recent past. </p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(59 56 56 1)>Featuring </strong><span style=color: rgba(59 56 56 1)>J. M. Coetzee • Kimon de Greef • William Dicey • Alexandra Dodd • Madeleine Fullard • Mark Gevisser • Anna Hartford • Anton Harber • Michiel Heyns • Daniël Hugo • Anton Kannemeyer • Bongani Kona • Rustum Kozain • Antjie Krog • Alastair Laird • Adrian Leftwich • Lidudumalingani • Bongani Madondo • Rian Malan • Zanele Mji • Mogorosi Motshumi • Nosisi Mpolweni • Julie Nxadi • Njabulo S Ndebele • Lindokuhle Nkosi • Sean O'Toole • Kopano Ratele • Warren Raysdorf • Srila Roy • Lin Sampson • Kwanele Sosibo • Jonny Steinberg • Niren Tolsi • Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon • Roger Young • Percy Zvomuya</span></p>