Umuzi and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Distance, the latest novel from Ivan Vladislavić.

A novel on one level about boxing and a writer’s boyhood obsession with Cassius Clay, The Distance opens up into an unforgettable work on collecting, brotherhood, growing up and the art of writing itself.

• Read an excerpt from The Distance here

Vladislavić will be in conversation with Michele Magwood of the Sunday Times.

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Venue: Love Books, Bamboo Centre, 53 Rustenburg Road, Melville, Johannesburg
Facebook event

• In Cape Town? The Book Lounge launch information here

https://www.facebook.com/LoveBooksJozi/photos/gm.280233252672179/10161172115095543/?type=3&theater

 

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