J. M. Coetzee

Desonra é um romance vencedor do Booker Prize escrito pelo autor sul-africano J. M. Coetzee, que venceu o Prémio Nobel da Literatura quatro anos após a publicação do seu livro. Numa votação realizada em 2006 pelo jornal The Observer o livro foi identificado como “o maior romance dos últimos 25 anos” escrito em Inglês …

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 …

Negro, pobre, feio e sem ninguém no mundo - sua mãe acaba de morrer -, Michael K vaga pela África do Sul convulsionada pela guerra civil. Obrigado a esconder-se da polícia, ele vive à deriva em estradas, fazendas abandonadas, cavernas ou num campo de trabalhos forçados. Michael K alimenta-se de raízes, insetos e, …

A consagrada romancista australiana Elizabeth Costello, personagem criada por J. M. Coetzee, já havia protagonizado A vida dos animais , livro em que profere duas conferências sobre a crueldade com que são tratados os animais no mundo contemporâneo. Neste Elizabeth Costello , que inclui parte de A vida dos …

Slow Man is a 2005 novel by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, and concerns a man who must learn to adapt after losing a leg in a road accident. The novel has many varied themes, including the nature of care, the relationship between an author and his characters, and man's drive to leave a legacy. It was …

Youth is a semi-fictionalised autobiographical novel by J. M. Coetzee, recounting his struggles in 1960s London after fleeing the political unrest of Cape Town.

Foe é um livro escrito por J. M. Coetzee.

Diary of a Bad Year is a book by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. It was released by Text Publishing in Australia on 3 September 2007, in the United Kingdom by Harvill Secker on 6 September, and in the United States on 27 December.

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life is a fictionalised autobiographical work by J. M. Coetzee, and focuses on his years spent growing up in South Africa.

Age of Iron is a 1990 novel by South African Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee. It is among his most popular works and was the 1990 Sunday Express Book of the Year. In it, he paints a picture of social and political tragedy unfolding in a country ravaged by racism and violence.