All books by j.m. coetzee

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Summertime

J.M. Coetzee

Of Coetzee’s last few works of fiction (this, Diary of a Bad Year, Elizabeth Costello), I can draw only a few, tentative conclusions: that he feels compelled to explore the structure of the novel itself (for reasons I cannot yet articulate), and that he is wise enough to get out ahead of the biographers who will no doubt pounce on his grave while still warm. more

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Diary of a Bad Year

J.M. Coetzee

Coetzee’s latest novel is written as two, entwined diaries—his own and that of a younger woman who he comes to pass the time with. Subtle and capable typography allows the trick to come off. more

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Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

Coetzee’s most important novel, sadly more relevant everyday. Perhaps the writer I most admire. more