genre: short stories, fiction
The Shell Collector is a collection of short stories, all grounded in the power of the natural world. Snowstorms and rivers for fishing in, tide pools full of creatures, gardens in the forest and the kind of woodland trails you can get lost on - these are the places where lives play out. While short stories don't tend to capture me, several of these stories completely engaged me and instead of leaving me wanting, left me satisfied. In particular, The Shell Collector, The Hunter's Wife and Mkondo painted vivid pictures of environments where one can be stretched just enough to learn and grow - or pulled to the breaking point and snapped. There are images and characters here that will stick with me, even if while reading them I was never engrossed.
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