Coetzee

Not surprisingly, J. M.Coetzee is also considered a post-colonial (and also post-modern) writer who struggles to make sense and redress or apologise, if you will, for the trauma of colonialism in South Africa.

Dreamer Idiot Tackles Postcolonialism Sharon Bakar 2006

With Life and Times of Michael K, which has its roots in Defoe as well as in Kafka and Beckett, the impression that Coetzee is a writer of solitude becomes clearer.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 - Press Release 2003

Every new book by Coetzee is astonishingly unlike his others.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 - Presentation Speech 2003

Paul West is referred to in Coetzee’s novel Elizabeth Costello.

2009 July 17 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

I’ve noticed that Coetzee is blurbing a lot more now than ever before … perhaps Australia is agreeing with him. vitor oliveira jorge Says:

J.M Coetzee Deconstructed 2009

Although Joshua Heller recently informed me that David Lurie was the name of someone in Coetzee’s home town … I was nonetheless, at the time, pleased to see the word ‘Lured’ in the poem.

2009 July 17 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

Although Joshua Heller recently informed me that David Lurie was the name of someone in Coetzee’s home town … I was nonetheless, at the time, pleased to see the word ‘Lured’ in the poem.

Why I bought this Book 2009

Paul West is referred to in Coetzee’s novel Elizabeth Costello.

Why I bought this Book 2009

He denied at first having called Coetzee a liar, but pressed by

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

Whereupon the oldest of the party, a farmer called Coetzee, whipped up his rifle and, apparently without sighting, fired.

Prester John 2005