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 Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong...
A first volume of memoirs from one of South Africa's foremost men of letters, which evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood with haunting immediacy.
New novel in paperback from Coetzee, the only author ever to have won the Booker Prize twice. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, this is an evocative portrait of a consciousness turning in on itself, and of a young man's struggle to find his way...
A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities he is expected to apologize to save his job, but instead he refuses and resigns, retiring...