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J.M. Coetzee
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born
in Cape Town, South Africa
February 09, 1940
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Samuel Beckett, Ford Madox Ford, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Daniel Defoe, Fran...more
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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...
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Disgrace
— published 1999 — 93 editions |
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Waiting for the Barbarians
— published 1980 — 48 editions |
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Life and Times of Michael K
— published 1983 — 55 editions |
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Slow Man
— published 2005 — 26 editions |
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Elizabeth Costello
— published 2001 — 25 editions |
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Foe
— published 1986 — 29 editions |
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Youth
— published 2002 — 26 editions |
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Diary of a Bad Year
— published 2007 — 30 editions |
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Summertime
— published 2009 — 25 editions |
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Age of Iron
— published 1990 — 21 editions |
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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
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