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Portrait with Keys
In the wake of apartheid, the flotsam of the divided past flows over Johannesburg and settles, once the tides recede, around Ivan Vladislavic, who, patrolling his patch, surveys …
Double Negative
Dropout Neville Lister accompanies acclaimed photographer Saul Auerbach for a day, to learn a lesson for life. They play a game: from a hill above Johannesburg they pick three …
Flashback Hotel
Ivan Vladislavic's latest collection of short stories exemplifies the sly wit and formal innovation that have gained him international acclaim.
101 Detectives
'What kind of Detective am I? Eardrum or tympanum? Gullet or oesophagus? Pussy or pudenda? A Detective needs a language almost as much as a language needs a Detective.' In this …
The Distance
In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy, Joe, becomes obsessed with Muhammad Ali. He begins collecting daily newspaper clippings about him, a passion that grows into an archive …
The Exploded View
The Exploded View, from the masterful South African novelist Ivan Vladislavic, tells the story of four lives intertwined through the sprawling infrastructure on the margins of …
The Suburbs
While suburbs provide a rich field of research for sociologists, architects, urbanists and anthropologists, they have not been given the same attention in literary and cultural …
The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories
“Not writing is always a relief and sometimes a pleasure. Writing about what cannot be written, by contrast, is the devil’s own job.”In this unusual text, a blend of essay, …
Snabbköpet Rastlös
I Snabbköpet Rastlös befinner vi oss mitt i Johannesburg, mitt under den omvälvande omdaningen av Sydafrika under nittiotalet, men också mitt i en burlesk skröna. Omskapandet av …
Sprängskissen
I de skiftande och halvfärdiga miljöerna i Johannesburgs utkanter möter vi fyra män: en statistiker, en sanitetsingenjör, en konstnär som gör utställningar på temat folkmord, och …
Dubbla negativ
Ivan Vladislavic är en oerhört sofistikerad författare. J.M. CoetzeeI sin vilsna ungdom tillbringar Neville Lister en heldag med fotografen Saul Auerbach. Från en kulle ovanför …