The Restless Supermarket
2001 novel by Ivan Vladislavić
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The Restless Supermarket is a novel by Croatian-South African author Ivan Vladislavic. It tracks the changes in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, during the 1990s, through the eyes of a grumpy, retired proof-reader who spends his life in a café. It was published by David Philip Publishers in Cape Town in 2001 and was recently reissued. The book was published again in 2014 by publishing house 'And Other Stories.'
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| Author | Ivan Vladislavic |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | David Philip Publishers |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | South Africa |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Critical reception
The novel won the Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards in 2002.[1]
A reviewer for The Independent, after describing it as "a masterpiece of voice", said, "A work of such immense imaginativeness, of such extraordinarily serious playfulness, comes along very rarely."[2]
