Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
African pens 2011 African pens 2011 South African PEN,J. M. Coetzee xiv, 288 pages : 24 cm OL16129678W
Scenes from provincial life Scenes from provincial life J. M. Coetzee Discover the pen strokes behind writer J.M. Coeetzee's life as he recounts the triumph and tragedy that shaped his life in this reflection on his early years. 592pp. OL16521456W
The Childhood of Jesus The Childhood of Jesus J. M. Coetzee After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new countr… OL16805771W
Here and Now Here and Now Paul Auster,J. M. Coetzee,Paul Auster The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books f… OL16811783W
The schooldays of Jesus The schooldays of Jesus J. M. Coetzee From the Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee, the haunting sequel to The Childhood of Jesus, continuing the journey of David, Simon, and Ines. When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all you… OL19717998W
Late essays, 2006-2017 Late essays, 2006-2017 J. M. Coetzee A provocative collection of 23 pieces showcases the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers, including Daniel Defoe, Samuel Beckett,… OL19729595W
Stranger Shores Stranger Shores J. M. Coetzee "The only author ever to win the Booker Prize twice, J. M. Coetzee is one of the world's greatest novelists. Now his many admirers can have the pleasure of reading his significant body of literary cr… OL500373W
Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts… OL500388W
Diary of a Bad Year Diary of a Bad Year J. M. Coetzee An utterly contemporary and deeply thought-provoking novel which addresses the profound unease of countless people in modern democracies around the world. An eminent, seventy-two-year-old Australi… OL500440W
Slow Man Slow Man J. M. Coetzee A masterful new novel from one of the greatest writers alive. Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humil… OL500443W
Boyhood Boyhood J. M. Coetzee In these fictionalised memoirs using third-person narration, Coetzee examines his childhood within the sphere of his parents' unhappy marriage, his desire for his mother and for independence from her… OL500446W
Disgrace Disgrace J. M. Coetzee At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wif… OL500451W