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Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing

Lauren Beukes

First published 2016
Publisher Tachyon Publications
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
ISBN 9781616962401
Cover art Clara Bacou
Pages 272

Notes

  • Three non-genre stories, "Parking", "My Insect Skin", and "Smileys", have been omitted from this index; of the five essays, only "All the Pretty Corpses" and "Inner City" have been included, since they provide background to the genre novels The Shining Girls and Zoo City respectively. The others are "Adventures in Journalism", "Judging Unity", and "On Beauty: A Letter to My Five-Year-Old Daughter".
  • The book concludes with a glossary of South African language and local references, pp. 262-270. About the Author: pp. 271-272.
  • Edited by Jill Roberts.
  • First edition, first printing. Date of publication from publisher's website.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing Cover 2016 Tachyon Publications eBook Collection Clara Bacou