(don’t fall, ma said)
R160
Alan Finlay has had six collections of poetry published by small presses. He founded the literary journal Bleksem, was co-editor of donga, and was editor of New Coin from 2003 to 2007. For the past ten years he has lived in Argentina.
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(don’t fall, ma said) is a memoir in 25 poems that records Finlay’s childhood and primary school days in the 1970s to early-1980s when his family lived in Honeydew outside Johannesburg.
In stark images and the blunt tones of South African dialogue, the poems bring to life scenes of daily life – family, school, horses, teachers, grandparents, neighbours, farm workers and friends – to evoke the atmosphere of a white boyhood at that time.
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| Specifications | 20x13cm, 100pages, softcover |
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| Date Published | January 2026 |
| Language | English |
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