Portrait with Keys by Vladislavic, I
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ISBN 9781415200209
Publisher: Umuzi 2006
Soft cover
211 pages
Portrait with keys consists of 138 numbered short texts, each addressing life in Johannesburg. The time frame stretches from recollections of the late 1970s 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.