Running & Other Stories - Makhosazana XabaCondition: New Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories. She takes tradition be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition and re imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. Bracketed by Xaba's revisitings of Can Themba's influential short story, The Suit, the ten stories in this collection, while strongly

but finally

You may work hard but it is God that is in charge of blessing your hustle

At times raw

for decades

her little sister Zi

sent their sons Tom and Will to private school

it seems as if her childhood is repeating itself all over again

family (let the people you love go their own way)

But he was the herd's last chance of survival — dangerous and unpredictable

Media coverage quickly reaches a fever pitch

Amal's mother

a fleeting taste of glory