Ivan Vladislavic is one of the most significant writers in South
Africa today. Internationally his stature rests on his
responsiveness to the contemporary, his humour, his honed style,
his articulation of the search for home within the urban, his
delicate balance between immersion and objectivity. These qualities
appeal especially to those who have migrated to the big urban
spaces of the world. Locally he has been positioned by critics as
the voice of the 'now' in post-apartheid letters for his forensic
analysis of South Africa in transition from the exceptional and
marginalised to the merely marginal. That he finds many of the
promises of democracy betrayed is axiomatic; that he discovers some
alternative to this betrayal in a creative consciousness and
minimalist mode of writing that pays detailed attention to the
marginal is crucial. This edited volume collects much of the
significant and original critical material, ranging from reviews to
interviews to full length articles, so far published on
Vladislavic's individual works. In compiling the book, Gerald
Gaylard has chosen critical material of diverse opinion and form,
from the scholarly to the casual and creative, in order to indicate
the wideranging and fertile responses that Vladislavic's writing
elicits. Moreover, he has included examples of the initial
reception of each of Vladislavic's books upon their publication.
Marginal Spaces offers therefore not only a critical celebration of
Vladislavic via a sense of the reception of his works, but also a
sense of how literary and cultural production and reading have
changed since the end of apartheid via a collection of the original
interpretive directions that his work has been part of, enabled and
encouraged. This critical material will be of benefit to readers
and scholars of Vladislavic and post-apartheid South African
literature, especially postcolonial city writing.
General
Imprint: |
Wits University Press
|
Country of origin: |
South Africa |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
First published: |
October 2011 |
Editors: |
Gerald Gaylard
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-86814-536-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-86814-536-0 |
Barcode: |
9781868145362 |
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