Portrait with Keys The City of Johannesburg Unlocked

Name: Portrait with Keys The City of Johannesburg Unlocked
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ISBN: 9780393335408

ISBN-10: 0393335402

ISBN-13: 9780393335408

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ivan Vladislavic, I. Vladislavic

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This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehtaâ€™s Maximum City . Through precisely crafted snapshots, Ivan Vladislavic observes the unpredictable, day-today transformation of his embattled city: the homeless using manholes as cupboards, a public statue slowly cannibalized for scrap. Most poignantly he charts the small, devastating changes along the postapartheid streets: walls grow higher, neighborhoods are gated off, the keys multiply. Securityâ€”insecurity?â€”is the growth industry. Vladislavic, described as â€œone of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature todayâ€ (AndrÃ©…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English