The Reluctant Storyteller by Nakanjani G. Sibiya

By (author): Nakanjani G. Sibiya. Foreword by Fred Khumalo. The Reluctant Storyteller is a collection of short stories set in KwaZulu-Natal, originally written in isiZulu and presented here in English translation, rendering ordinary stories in an extraordinary, hypnotic way through village character voices, with the irony and poetic justice of a Maupassant. Winner of the 2021 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award.