Henali Kuit
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geruisloos, ongemerk
R180.00Henali Kuit
geruisloos, ongemerk is ’n aangrypende kortverhaalbundel wat stilisties tussen voorstedelike-realisme en surrealisme wissel. Kuit ondersoek die alledaagse lewe met onverwagte ompaaie, woede en humor.
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Henali Kuit se kortverhaalbundel word op verskeie platforms beskryf as ’n uitlokkende versameling van kortverhale wat wissel tussen realisme en surrealisme. [… Sy] het in ’n onderhoud met LitNet in 2012 vertel dat haar gunstelingtipe stories die “skynbare banale stories” is. Alledaagse stories oor wat iemand alleen in ’n kantoor aanvang of oor hoe iemand per ongeluk hulle hare met conditioner in plaas van sjampoe was. Kuit het egter gebieg dat sy nie genoeg vaardigheid het om hierdie stories te vertel nie – en tog het sy dit reggekry om hierdie tipe stories in haar kortverhaalbundels te bemeester.
– Irene Schoonwinkel, LitNet
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The incredible beat of my heart
R180.00Henali Kuit
The incredible beat of my heart is a provocative collection of short prose, varying in style from suburban-realist to surrealist. Kuit transmits the elusive strangeness of daily life in a deceptively matter-of-fact tone, spiked with bursts of rage, humour, and unmarked detours. Although most of the stories are no more than three pages long, this slim, 95-page volume is not a book I gobbled up in one sitting. Partly because I wanted to savour the choppy, discordant sentences, and their curious but satisfying endings. Partly because – in spite of the quirky humour – a feeling of bleakness, isolation and disconnection accumulates. […] I marvelled at how Kuit’s serrated gems are paradoxically stripped of and yet saturated with emotion. The musicality and rhythms of some lines stayed with me like song lyrics:
“I carried your oxygen because you loved me. I’m not stupid. These are the facts. Our hearts in our suits, loving each other in the soundless liquid black of space. Two bowls of noodles twisting and squelching in warm bowls of blood.”
– Jo-Ann Bekker, New Contrast