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J M Coetzee

(John Michael Coetzee)
South Africa   (1940 - )
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About J M Coetzee
JM Coetzee's work includes Waiting For The Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life, Youth, and Disgrace which won the Booker Prize, making him the first author to have won it twice.
 
New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005
Inner Workings
Literary Essays 2000-2005

Diary of a Bad Year
Diary of a Bad Year

J M Coetzee recommends
Beyond Sleep
Beyond Sleep (1966)
W F Hermans
"A comedy of worldly disengagement trembling on the edge of tragedy, all the more hilarious for being related in Hermans' best poker-faced mariner."
Half a Life
Half a Life (2001)
V S Naipaul
"Naipaul is a master of English prose and the prose of Half a Life is as clean and cold as a knife."
The City of Sealions
The City of Sealions (2002)
Eva Sallis
"A rich book - a lyrical account of a girl's growth and self-discovery, and at the same time a deeply sympathetic exploration of Muslim culture."
The Man of Feeling
The Man of Feeling (2003)
Javier Mariás
"Javier Mariás is in my opinion one of the best contemporary writers."
Crossways
Crossways (2004)
Sheila Kohler
"There is a territory - fictional and psychological - that Sheila Kohler has now marked as her own. I am full of admiration."
The Apothecary's Daughter
The Apothecary's Daughter (2004)
Patricia Schonstein
"A richly romantic tale of sexual awakening and betrayal."
In the Country of Men
In the Country of Men (2006)
Hisham Matar
"A poignant story of a child exposed too early to the brutalities of Libyan politics."
Inside
Inside (2006)
Kenneth J Harvey
"An extravagantly haunted imagination."
The Rowing Lesson
The Rowing Lesson (2007)
Anne Landsman
"An elegy for a lost father and a beloved world on the point of disappearing. Rarely in South African writing will we encounter language of such fire and passion."
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008)
Steven Galloway
"A gripping story of Sarajevo under siege."



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