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Marc Koralnik |
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THE EXPLODED VIEW
Literary maestro's quartet of deftly interlocking stories
In four immaculate interconnected stories, portraits of ordinary, middle-aged men drifting through the strange new landscapes of post-apartheid Johannesburg, Vladislavic creates a panorama of the city to rival that of Carver's Los Angeles in SHORT CUTS.
In Villa Toscana', Budlender the statistician clings on to what he knows best statistics to prevent his life from unravelling. Afritude Sauce' follows an engineer's paranoia-fuelled night out with his business contacts in a society rife with undercurrents and misunderstanding. In Curiouser' an artist who repurposes African masks to suit his kitsch style holds a pool party where he reveals more than he intends. And in Crocodile Lodge' a billboard installer is so preoccupied with his attempts to demystify the modern world that he finds himself in real peril.
Vladislavic invests these stories of deracinated and post-modern men with trademark clarity, humour, and a biting sense of loss. Yet again he offers the reader an unforgettable view of a nation and humanity in flux.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of a prestigious body of literary work. Published in ten international markets, Ivan lives in Johannesburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has won and been shortlisted for South Africa's most prestigious prizes and was awarded the Windham Campbell Prize 2015.
In Villa Toscana', Budlender the statistician clings on to what he knows best statistics to prevent his life from unravelling. Afritude Sauce' follows an engineer's paranoia-fuelled night out with his business contacts in a society rife with undercurrents and misunderstanding. In Curiouser' an artist who repurposes African masks to suit his kitsch style holds a pool party where he reveals more than he intends. And in Crocodile Lodge' a billboard installer is so preoccupied with his attempts to demystify the modern world that he finds himself in real peril.
Vladislavic invests these stories of deracinated and post-modern men with trademark clarity, humour, and a biting sense of loss. Yet again he offers the reader an unforgettable view of a nation and humanity in flux.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of a prestigious body of literary work. Published in ten international markets, Ivan lives in Johannesburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has won and been shortlisted for South Africa's most prestigious prizes and was awarded the Windham Campbell Prize 2015.
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