Titel: Nostalgic Reflections
Subtitle: Short stories about South Africa and travels abroad with An Occasion in Traditional Life
Author: Paul J. J. Smith
Genre: Memoirs
Publisher: Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town, South Africa 2012
ISBN 9780980260809 / ISBN 978-0-9802608-0-9
Softcover, 15 x 23 cm, 109 pages, several b/w and colour photos
The short stories I share with you in Nostalgic Reflections: Short Stories about South Africa and Abroad come from my personal life experience. These tales span a lengthy period of time, from my birth and first awakening as a child, through puberty, young manhood, to adulthood. The fabric of these tales is true, but they are also interspersed and embroidered with liberal helpings of originality, humour, tragedy, heartbreak, a smattering of melancholy and sentiment as well as a breath of inspiration and a long stretch of imagination. Some of these stories end abruptly, leaving you dangling, perhaps disappointed and wondering why? This is why I prefer to call these writings short stories: they invite you to participate, to imagine, to experience, what they have to offer and then to finish them in anyway you choose.
Foreword
Roots of Dissatisfaction
Childhood
A City where I Lived
My High School Principal
Double-five
My Choice
Trust
Bushmen of the Kalahari
A Living Nightmare
Travelling Dilemma
The United States of America: First Impressions
A Difficult Adjustment
Welcome!
Undertones of Meaning
Packaged Communications
Rodeo '68
An Occasion in Traditional Life by Paul J J Smith,
Illustrated by Isaac Othene
Diamonds in the Rough
Where will all the Teachers come from?
A Speech in San Francisco - to the Caribbean
African American Society: March 1994 -
introduced by Shep Shepherd
Namibia 2012 - Home
Epilogue