This collection of poetry celebrates the quiet beauty of the ordinary. Kobus Moolman's subtle work speaks in the enigmatic strokes of abstract art. His poems give lyrical form and voice to the silence at the edge of language and comprehension. They have the fleeting but powerful visual quality of a world glimpsed through the moving car window, invoking the 'found moment' with an imaginative aptness that makes you smile with recognition.

This short-story collection by well-known poet, author, and playwright Kobus Moolman is a volume of originality with much to recommend it. Written across a range of creative styles, voices, contexts and genres, each singular story holds its place with slice-of-life impact, drawn with the keenly observed detail and insight that has come to characterize Moolman's work. A major strength of this collection is its precisely noted and rendered detail. Whatever the themes-whether the dilemmas of being differently abled; trapped in lower-income constraints; or born female in an abusively gendered...