J. M. Coetzee and the Limits of the Novel
Title | J. M. Coetzee and the Limits of the Novel PDF eBook |
Author | John Bolin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2023-06-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1009179640 |
This is the first book that reads Coetzee's novels in light of research into his archive of manuscripts and drafts.
Disgrace
Title | Disgrace PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. Coetzee |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2017-01-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524705462 |
The provocative Booker Prize winning novel from Nobel laureate, J.M. Coetzee "Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it." —The New Yorker At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. When an affair with a student leaves him jobless, shunned by friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife, he retreats to his daughter Lucy's smallholding. David's visit becomes an extended stay as he attempts to find meaning in his one remaining relationship. Instead, an incident of unimaginable terror and violence forces father and daughter to confront their strained relationship and the equallity complicated racial complexities of the new South Africa. 2024 marks the 25th Anniversary of the publication of Disgrace
Summertime
Title | Summertime PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. Coetzee |
Publisher | Viking Adult |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Fiction |
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This brilliant new work of fiction from the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace" and "Diary of a Bad Year" allows Coetzee to imagine his own life, revealing painful moral struggles and attempts to come to grips with what it means to care for another human being.
J.M. Coetzee and Ethics
Title | J.M. Coetzee and Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Leist |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780231148412 |
In 2003, the South African writer J.M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his riveting portrayals of racial repression, sexual politics, the guises of reason, and the hypocrisy of human beings toward animals and nature, Coetzee was credited with being "a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilization." The film of his novel Disgrace, starring John Malkovich, brought his challenging ideas to a new audience. Anton Leist and Peter Singer have assembled an outstanding group of contributors who probe deeply into Coetzee's extensive and extra ordinary corpus. They explore his approach to ethical theory and philosophy and Pay Particular attention to his representation of the human-animal relationship. They also confront Coetzee's depiction of the elementary conditions of life, the origins of morality, the recognition of value in others, the sexual dynamics between men and women, the normality of suppression, and possibility of equality in postcolonial society, With its wide-ranging consideration of philosphical issues, especially in relation to fiction, this volume stands alone in its extraordinary exchange of ethical and literary inquiry. This collection takes stock of J.M. Coetzee's impact from a number of interesting angles, Including animals, sexuality, race, and reason. The time is truly ripe for such a volume. Philosophers Who are interested Coetzee's work will find these essays useful for their own research, and readers of Coetzee who share an interest in philosophy will be able to further explore those interests."-Matthew Calarco, California State University at Fullerton, and author of Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida
Boyhood
Title | Boyhood PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. Coetzee |
Publisher | Text Publishing |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2020-09-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1925923509 |
Continuing Text’s re-release of J. M. Coetzee’s revered works with stylish new covers, Boyhood is a modern classic by the great Nobel Prize winner accompanied by an introduction from acclaimed author Liam Pieper
Elizabeth Costello
Title | Elizabeth Costello PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. Coetzee |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2017-03-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524705500 |
J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. Since 1982, J. M. Coetzee has been dazzling the literary world. After eight novels that have won, among other awards, two Booker Prizes, and most recently, the Nobel Prize, Coetzee has once again crafted an unusual and deeply affecting tale. Told through an ingenious series of formal addresses, Elizabeth Costello is, on the surface, the story of a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling.
Diary of a Bad Year
Title | Diary of a Bad Year PDF eBook |
Author | J.M. Coetzee |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2015-05-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1407086499 |
An eminent, ageing Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. For him, troubled by Australia's complicity in the wars in the Middle East, it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their state's involvement in an immoral war on terror, a war that involves the use of torture? Then in the laundry room of his apartment block he encounters an alluring young woman. He offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya is not interested in politics, but the job will be a welcome distraction, as will the writer's evident attraction towards her. Her boyfriend, Alan, is an investment consultant who understands the world in harsh economic terms. Suspicious of his trophy girlfriend's new pastime, Alan begins to formulate a plan...