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Portrait With Keys - 9780393335408
Un libro in lingua di Ivan Vladislavic edito da W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009
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This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehta'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. Security--insecurity?--is the growth industry. Vladislavic, described as “one of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today” (André Brink), delivers “one of the best things ever written about a great, if schizophrenic, city, and an utterly true picture of the new South Africa” (Christopher Hope).
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Portrait With Keys
- Sottotitolo: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Ivan Vladislavic
- Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
- Collana: W W Norton & Co Inc (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Giugno '09
- Genere: TRAVEL
- Argomenti : Social change South Africa Johannesburg
- Pagine: 203
- Peso gr: 158
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0393335402
- EAN-13: 9780393335408