Living in Joburg in a time of crisis
This is an edited extract from SA writer Ivan Vladislavic’s new book The Near North
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Memoir the making of a novel
Ivan Vladislavic explains that being true to the past is not so much about incidents as resonant details
Goldblatt: I’m after a particular sense of stillness
David Goldblatt is the featured artist at this year’s Johannesburg Art Fair. He is showing work under the title The Frock and Other Pictures.
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Jo’burg stories
<i>The Exploded View</i> by Ivan Vladislavic, is a collection of four longish short stories, set in the present. Although it is very much a book about Johannesburg, the stories could conceivably happen in any South African city today.
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Habits of the Gorilla
"The Gorilla has a personality of its own, which sets it apart from the herd." An extract from an essay by author Ivan Vladislavic that looks at South Africa’s strangest creature — the motorcar steering lock.
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Marching to Kamchatka
Ivan Vladislavic on the whims of Czar Nicholas I.
