J.M. Coetzee
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born
February 09, 1940
in Cape Town, South Africa
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The Czech novelist has fallen victim to a campaign of orchestrated slander
Eleven writers, including JM Coetzee, have signed a letter of support for the dissident Czech writer Milan Kundera, who they say has been wrongly accused of denouncing a western spy to communist authorities:
An attempt has recently been made to stir up a defamatory campaign with the aim of sullying the reputation of Milan Kun...
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Disgrace   3.79 avg rating — 18,714 ratings
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1999
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Waiting for the Barbarians 3.98 avg rating — 5,181 ratings
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1980
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Life and Times of Michael K 3.79 avg rating — 3,199 ratings
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1983
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Elizabeth Costello 3.32 avg rating — 2,253 ratings
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2000
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Slow Man 3.30 avg rating — 2,235 ratings
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2005
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Foe 3.43 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
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1986
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Diary of a Bad Year 3.56 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
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Youth 3.75 avg rating — 1,205 ratings
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2002
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Age of Iron 3.75 avg rating — 857 ratings
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1990
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Summertime 3.66 avg rating — 984 ratings
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“Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Slow Man
― J.M. Coetzee, Slow Man
“His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
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