{"product_id":"mrova","title":"MROVA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e135pp., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780639886879\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA debut collection of short stories that capture \u003cspan\u003ethe daily life of the people of Bethal, a small town in Mpumalanga, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom taxi bosses and young lovers to promising sports stars, spaza shop owners and small-time thugs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"With these stories, Tshowa puts forward a collective portrait of his home town that in vivid, evocative, and sharply observed, refracted through the keen and considered lens of a storyteller interested in making sense of a place through the characters that inhabit it.\" David Mann, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDavid Mann, author of the short story collection,\u003cem\u003e Once Removed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThabiso Chris Tshowa\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Tsakane, Brakpan, in 1993 and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003elives in Bethal. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHis short stories have been published on the \u003ci\u003eFunDza\u003c\/i\u003e platform and in \u003ci\u003eKotaz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Contrast\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBotsotso.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tshowa (T.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42591298224174,"sku":null,"price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/mrova.jpg?v=1785421366","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/mrova","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}