J. M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and...
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J. M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and put him in touch with family, friends, and colleagues who could talk about events
J. M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and...
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J. M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and put him in touch with family, friends, and colleagues who could talk about events
J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and...
more
J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and put him in touch with family, friends, and colleagues who could talk about events in Coetzee's life. For the first time, Coetzee allowed complete access to his private papers and documents, including the manuscripts of his sixteen novels. J.C. Kannemeyer has also made a study of the enormous body of literature on Coetzee, and through archi J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and put him in touch with family, friends, and colleagues who could talk about events in Coetzee's life. For the first time, Coetzee allowed complete access to his private papers and documents, including the manuscripts of his sixteen novels. J.C. Kannemeyer has also made a study of the enormous body of literature on Coetzee, and through archival res
About the Author; Epigraph; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Part I; 1 'THE LABYRINTH OF MY HISTORY': ANCESTRY AND ROOTS; 2 CHILDHOOD; 3 ST JOSEPH'S MARIST COLLEGE, 1952-1956; 4 STUDENT DAYS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, 1957-1961; Part II; 5 LONDON AND BRACKNELL, 1962-1965; Part III; 6 AUSTIN, TEXAS, 1965-1968; 7 BUFFALO, NEW YORK STATE, 1968-1971; Part IV; 8 LECTURER IN CAPE TOWN, AND DUSKLANDS; 9 IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY AND THE CLIMATE OF CENSORSHIP; 10 WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION; 11 A FIRST BOOKER PRIZE AND A ROBINSONADE
12 JOYS AND LOSSES13 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS, THE LIVES OF ANIMALS , DISGRACE - AND A DISPUTE; Part V; 14 CHANGING PLACES; 15 THE NOBEL PRIZE; 16 THE 'AUSTRALIAN' NOVELS; 17 'THE DANCE OF THE PEN'; EPILOGUE; EDITOR'S NOTE; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; ENDNOTES; ENDNOTES (cont'd);