The Restless Supermarket
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The Restless Supermarket is a novel by Croatian-South African author Ivan Vladislavic
, which tracks the changes in Hillbrow, Johannesburg
, during the 1990s, through the eyes of a grumpy, retired proof-reader who spends his life in one café. Though well reviewed, the novel is hard to find, especially for readers in the west. It was published by David Philip Publishers in Cape Town in 2001 and was recently reissued.
Ivan Vladislavic
Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African short story writer and novelist of Croatian origin. He lives in Johannesburg where he also works as an editor. In the eighties he worked as a fiction and social studies editor at Ravan Press...
, which tracks the changes in Hillbrow, Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, during the 1990s, through the eyes of a grumpy, retired proof-reader who spends his life in one café. Though well reviewed, the novel is hard to find, especially for readers in the west. It was published by David Philip Publishers in Cape Town in 2001 and was recently reissued.