The Restless Supermarket
- Authors
- Vladislavic, Ivan
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Tags
- proof-reading , pocket oxford dictionary , novel , drama , café europa , proof-reader’s derby , proofreader , humour , contemporary fiction , contemporary , hillbrow , editor , johannesburg , sunday times fiction prize , aubrey tearle , andre brink , south africa , proof-reader , literary fiction , apartheid
- ISBN
- 9781908276322
- Date
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.04 MB
- Lang
- en
"Vladislavic is amazing!"—Teju Cole
It is 1993, and Aubrey Tearle's world is shutting down. He has recently retired from a lifetime of proofreading telephone directories. His favorite neighborhood haunt in Johannesburg, the Café Europa, is about to close its doors; the familiar old South Africa is already gone. Standards, he grumbles, are in decline, so bad-tempered, conservative Tearle embarks on a grandiose plan to enlighten his fellow citizens. The results are disastrous, hilarious, and poignant.
Ivan Vladislavic is the author of a number of prize-winning fiction and nonfiction books. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.