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The
2003 Award
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The Restless Supermarket by Ivan Vladislavic
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: David Philip Publishers ISBN 0864864914 |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Set in Hillbrow during the tumultuous years of apartheid's demise, the rapid changes taking place both in the neighbourhood and in the country are charted by staid, conservative Aubrey Tearle, a retired proof-reader whose life has been devoted to reading telephone directories. Obsessed with what he terms 'corrigenda' - mistakes that crop up with increasing frequency as 'standards decline' - he embarks on a grandiose plan to enlighten his fellow-citizens, with disastrous, hilarious and poignant results. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Ivan Vladislavic was born in Pretoria n 1957. He has published a novel, The Folly, and two collections of stories, Missing Persons and Propaganda by Monuments. He work has been translated into French, German and Croatian. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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