| The Restless Supermarket | |
| Author: | Ivan Vladislavic |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Publisher: | David Philip Publishers |
| Release Date: | 2001 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Restless Supermarket is a novel by Croatian-South African author Ivan Vladislavic. It tracks the changes in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, during the 1990s, through the eyes of a grumpy, retired proof-reader who spends his life in one café. It was published by David Philip Publishers in Cape Town in 2001 and was recently reissued. The book was published again in 2014 by publishing house 'And Other Stories.'
The novel won the Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards in 2002.[1]
A reviewer for The Independent, after describing it as "a masterpiece of voice", said, "A work of such immense imaginativeness, of such extraordinarily serious playfulness, comes along very rarely."[2]