Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Zimbabwe
Pushcart Prize nominated Abigail George is a
South African blogger at Goodreads, essayist, poet, playwright, short
story writer and novelist. She briefly studied film at the Newtown Film
and Television School in Johannesburg. Her writing has appeared in many
anthologies in South Africa and online in e-zines across Africa, Asia,
Europe, and the United States.. She is the recipient of writing grants
from the National Arts Council in Johannesburg, the Centre for the Book
in Cape Town and ECPACC (Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture
Council) in East London.
£21.00
About the author
Pushcart Prize nominated Abigail George is a South African blogger at
Goodreads, essayist, poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist.
She briefly studied film at the Newtown Film and Television School in
Johannesburg. Her writing has appeared in many anthologies in South
Africa and online in e-zines across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United
States.
Review
“A Bessie Head-reincarnate, Abigail George is an architect of satire, visual imagery and verbal dexterity. Parks and Recreation
is a confessional but a paradoxical revelation punctuated by stream of
consciousness and an author’s defiance to the traditional obviousity and
patriarchal barbarism or tendencies.”
Mbizo Chirasha (Zimbabwe)
“Parks and Recreation is a collection of short stories
which skilfully evokes graphic pictures of human life with the help of
apt images and symbols derived from the everyday life.”
Dr. Rajeshwar Prasad (India), Associate Professor and Head of the English Department
“Abigail George’s Parks and Recreation is a literary feast
of beautiful stories that throb with heartache, loss and love. The
stories are told with the grace of prose poetry and are grounded in the
complex lives of the characters that populate the book.”
Ikhide R. Ikheloa (USA), Literary critic
“Abigail George’s words are rich, and sublimely textured, much
like a precious, well-loved handmade patchwork quilt. One sinks almost
immediately into the familiarity, warmth and comfort of her detailed and
delicate prose. Her writing flows fluidly and is almost unbearably
evocative.”
Desiree-Anne Martin (South Africa) Author of We Don’t Talk About It. Ever.
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