Foe: A NovelWith the same electrical intensity of language and insight that he brought to Waiting for the Barbarians, J.M. Coetzee reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe—and in so doing, directs our attention to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itself. J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. |
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... abused we customarily grow to hate, and wish never to lay eyes on again. The heart of man is a dark forest—that is one of the sayings they have in Brazil. “As chance would have it – or perhaps the mutiny 6 J. M. COETZEE.
A Novel J. M. Coetzee. “As chance would have it – or perhaps the mutiny had been so ordered – I was set adrift in sight of this island. “Remos!' shouted the seaman from the deck, meaning Ishould take up the oars and row. But I was ...
... perhaps because he lacked paper and ink, but more likely, I now believe, because he lacked the inclination to keep one, or, if he ever possessed the inclination, had lost it. I searched the poles that supported the roof, and the legs of ...
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