The Fatuous State of Severity

Phumlani Pikoli

Pan Macmillan
Johannesburg
2018
English
Paperback
150 pages

Synopsis

The Fatuous State of Severity is a fresh collection of short stories and illustrations that explores themes surrounding the experiences of a generation of young, urban South Africans coping with the tensions of social media, language insecurities and relationships of various kinds.

Review

This collection can be read not just to kill time, but rather offers poignant experiences that will force you into a self-reflective zone. It’s dark, raw.— Thanduxolo Buti

Author

Phumlani Pikoli is a multi-media journalist and multi-skilled artist. He was born in Zimbabwe in 1988. This is his first time being published by an actual publishing house and he intends to write and publish many more books without restriction to form.