“And Mr Kalashnikov lives just outside the city,” beamed Vera as she ushered them into the sitting room. The full blaze of Russian central heating caused Jane to struggle out of the heavy fur coat which now clung to her with the ferocity of a moulting grizzly bear,...
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from these I am growing no nearerto what secret eluded the children– Derek Walcott, ‘Sainte Lucie’ Somewhere in some dark decadestands my father without work,unknown to me and my brotherdeep in the Paarl winter and a school holiday.As the temperature drops, he,my...