10 edition of Portrait with keys found in the catalog.
Portrait with keys
Ivan Vladislavić
Published
2009
by W.W. Norton & Co. in New York
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | Ivan Vladislavić. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | DT2405.J654 V535 2009 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | p. cm. |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL23081820M |
ISBN 10 | 9780393335408 |
LC Control Number | 2009005787 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 286487603 |
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UMUZI, 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Portrait with Keys", a poetic and mesmerising experience of Joburg, is a paperback with flaps. The condition is near fine throughout. The back cover has the remains of a previous retailer sticker. The frontispage has a previous owner inscription. Sep 26, · The Artist's Portrait is a genre-bending novel that embraces all its contradictions, at once an undertaking of murder mystery, biography, drama and art history. Julie Keys successfully makes the reader question what exactly it is that they are reading, all the while scrambling to turn to the next virtuosobs.com: Julie Keys.
Jan 01, · Portrait with Keys is Ivan Vladislavic’s quirky and sharply observed take on this city. Vladislavic is basically the Jane Jacobs of modern Johannesburg – no detail of urban life is too small to dissect, no change too minor to carry significance/5.
Portrait with Keys is a book by the South African writer Ivan virtuosobs.com is a portrait of life in Johannesburg – and "what-what": home, habit, change, memory, mortality, friendship, ghosts, gardens, walking, falling, selling, stealing Neither a novel nor a collection of short stories, the book consists of short texts organised in two parts – Point A and Point B – followed by.
Sep 26, · PORTRAIT WITH KEYS: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked is not the typical tourist book, rather it is an account of a white Johannesburg citizen and his view on the city and its current status with historical references.
Vladislavic is painstakingly honest with his portrayal of Jo'burg, often consider the Venice of the South/5(7). Nov 18, · Portrait With Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked by Ivan Vladislavic pp, Portobello, £ This fascinating work of art lovingly evokes a city of decidedly unlovely reputation.
Murder, identity, mystery and the art world all combine in The Artist’s Portrait, the debut novel from Australian author Julie Keys.
The Artist’s Portrait was shortlisted for the Richell Prize and following this accolade, it was published by Hachette in March /5.
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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Portrait with Keys: The City of /5(7). Portrait with Keys Joburg & what-what Umuzi, ISBN More at virtuosobs.com Portrait with Keys The City of Johannesburg Unlocked W.W. Norton, ISBN More at virtuosobs.com Portrait with Keys The City of Johannesburg Unlocked Portobello, ISBN More at www.
Portrait with Keys is the first nonfiction work by South African novelist Ivan Vladislavic, whose relative obscurity in the United States can only be attributed to the fact that none of his five works of fiction have found a publisher here.
His status as an unknown, however, is not likely to last; Portrait with Keys is a beautiful book, affecting and ingenious, opening new intellectual vistas. Mar 27, · The Artist’s Portrait is a genre-bending novel that embraces all its contradictions, at once an undertaking of murder mystery, biography, drama and art history.
Julie Keys successfully makes the reader question what exactly it is that they are reading, all the while scrambling to turn to the next page. Jan 30, · "Surely one of the most ingenious love letters--full of violence, fear, humour, and cunning--ever addressed to a city." --Geoff Dyer This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehta's Maximum virtuosobs.com: Ebook/DAISY3.
Jul 21, · But what Ivan Vladislavic’s Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked ultimately delivers is a study of race, fear, community, and security –. 'The Artist's Portrait is a great addition to the Australian literary scene, a quiet, thought-provoking achiever, that doesn't overstate its case when it comes to gender and creative work, but still manages to say so much.' 'I read the book twice to get the whole picture and found new things to admire on every page, and I was in awe of Keys.
Sep 19, · Keys really allows the reader to savour this intriguing story and the question of identity is carefully withheld until the parting moments of The Artist’s Portrait.
I definitely surrendered myself to this book and I found the process of taking off each layer the central mystery presented to be fulfilling. Jun 01, · Portrait with keys consists of numbered short texts, each addressing life in Johannesburg. The time frame stretches from recollections of the late s to the immediate present.
The protagonist is, in most instances, the author himself, although there are dozens of other characters with whom he shares encounters and interactions. Jul 15, · The quest to find 12 hidden treasures from a treasure hunt book.
The quest to find 12 hidden treasures from a treasure hunt book. all the keys would be found. Portrait with Keys is a beautiful book, affecting and ingenious, opening new intellectual vistas onto art and architecture, poetry and urbanism.
Ian Volner - Bookforum. A wonderful book about virtuosobs.com is a love letter to Johannesburg and a truly marvelous piece of work.
I read it and was deeply moved. Justin Cartwright - Literary Review. Keys of Heaven, Red Martyr, pallium, papal vestments, rooster, man crucified upside down, vested as an Apostle, holding a book or scroll, Cross of Saint Peter. Iconographically, he is depicted with a bushy white beard and white virtuosobs.com: Early Christian Great Church.
Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked Ivan this book with intrigue any reader with its intense, you-are-there depiction of a city in flux. Jun 01, · “Surely one of the most ingenious love letters—full of violence, fear, humour, and cunning—ever addressed to a city.” —Geoff Dyer This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City.
Through precise /5(3). Apr 24, · Reviewed by Wendy Lipke Julie Keys's book the artist’s portrait is one of the strangest books I have read in a long time. Perhaps the best way to describe how I initially felt about this book is to take a sentence from a letter in the book.
‘Your letter of the 12th reached us a. This book is pretty small with only 64 pages and a few dozen exercises. But this is also a decent book for novices who are still trying to pick up the basics of drawing.
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