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The Exploded View
The Exploded View | Ivan Vladislavic
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The Exploded View, from the masterful South African novelist Ivan Vladislavi?, tells the story of four lives intertwined through the sprawling infrastructure on the margins of Johhanesburg: a stastician taking the national census, an engineer out on the town with city officials, an artist interested in genocide, and a contractor who puts up billboards on construction sites. Arcing across distance and time, Vladislavi? deftly explodes our comfortable views and brings us behind the curtains of the city while subtly expanding our notions of what is possible in the novel form.
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The Exploded View | Ivan Vladislavic
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Very much enjoyed the first book I read of this author, The Restless Supermarket. Loved his quirky imagination and play of words. Hope this one is as witty and fun.

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Four short stories that are connected by location in Africa. The writing is beautiful, and stream of consciousness. There's not always a ton happening because we're in the protagonists' heads a lot, but interesting concept.

rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ your 👓! 8y
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"Falling in love. Falling? He had plunged off the edge of himself."

Chachic What a lovely pic! 📷 8y
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