The Alphabet of Birds by SJ Naudé

Author:SJ Naudé
Language: eng, eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Afrikaans, short stories, Alfabet van die voëls, contemporary fiction, literary fiction, South Africa, post-apartheid, grief, search, loss, South African Literary Award, desire, love, death, subculture, AIDS research, rural, University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, gay, music, illness, translation, translated fiction, diaspora, Jan Rabie and Marjorie Wallace Writing Scholarship, Cape Town, myths, cities, home, displacement, Patrick Flanery, Ivan Vladislavić, Damon Galgut, queer, sexuality
Publisher: And Other Stories Publishing
Published: 2014-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Hisashi is sitting next to her on the bed. He is standing around, as if supervising.

She points to the wild gardenia growing near her bedroom window. ‘Go and pick me one. Please.’

Hisashi trots outside elatedly. The flowering time is in fact over; there are just a few flowers left. The slightest draft causes more to drop. He keeps an eye on Hisashi through the window. When his thick fingers stir the small shrub, a spray of flowers sifts down onto his feet. He brings one inside. She smells it, shakes her head slightly.

‘Nothing.’

He goes and picks another, and two more after that, until she detects the last whiff of summer and smiles quietly, eyes shut.

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