Writing Johannesburg into Being: Rituals of Mobility and the Uneven City in Mark Gevisser, Ivan Vladislavić and Lindsay Bremner’s Writing
This article explores the role of Johannesburg in the literary imagination of three contemporary South African writers, counterposing Mark Gevisser’s memoir Dispatcher: Lost and Found in Johannesburg (2014) and Ivan Vladislavić’s semi-autobiographical work of creative non-fiction Portrait with Keys...
Main Author: | Rebekah Cumpsty |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ratnabali Publisher
2017-04-01
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Series: | Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry |
Online Access: | http://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/142 |
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