Lost and Found in Johannesburg

by Mark Gevisser

Book Overview

An inner life of Johannesburg that turns on the author's fascination with maps, boundaries, and transgressions

Lost and Found in Johannesburg begins with a transgression--the armed invasion of a private home in the South African city of Mark Gevisser's birth. But far more than the riveting account of a break-in, this is a daring exploration of place and the boundaries upon which identities are mapped.
As a child growing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374535027
• ISBN13: 9780374535025
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"