J. M. Coetzee

A new collection of essays and literary criticism from the Nobel Prize winner. In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplished fiction writers in the world, Coetzee is also a literary critic of the highest caliber. As Derek Attridge observes in his introduction, reading Coetzee's nonfiction offers one …

Foe is a 1986 novel by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. Woven around the existing plot of Robinson Crusoe, Foe is written from the perspective of Susan Barton, a castaway who landed on the same island inhabited by "Cruso" and Friday as their adventures were already underway. Like Robinson Crusoe, it is …

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their …

Elizabeth Costello est un roman de J. M. Coetzee, prix Nobel de littérature.

Disgrâce est un roman de John Maxwell Coetzee, publié en anglais en 1999 et traduit en français en 2001. Disgrâce est un chef-d'œuvre de la littérature contemporaine qui a reçu le prestigieux prix Booker en 1999. Il fit beaucoup pour le prestige littéraire de J.M. Coetzee et l'obtention par ce dernier du prix Nobel de …