<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="525544">
  <title><![CDATA[Foe]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[014009623X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780140096231]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">525544</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">18</books_count>
  <default_description>In this brilliant reshaping of Defoe's classic tale starring Robinson Crusoe, Coetzee explores the relationships between speech and silence, master and slave, story and storyteller, and sanity and madness.</default_description>
  <id type="integer">1920615</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1986</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Foe</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:879|5:165|4:276|3:304|2:108|1:26|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">879</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">3083</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">1229</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">69</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.51]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[797]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[63]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="4128">
      <name><![CDATA[J.M. Coetzee]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4128.J_M_Coetzee]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.76]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[20028]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[2401]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="1229">
    <review id="7479780">
    <user id="180200">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Providence, RI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/180200-chris-holmes]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200081103p3/180200.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 09 08:59:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 09 09:12:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In recent readings of Coetzee's Defoe-pastiche, I have become facinated with the figure of Friday's &quot;empty&quot; mouth.  Obviously the open-O, the unvoiced scream, the signs arranged on the beach as evidence of Friday's voice as it is both silenced and withheld, speaks to the trope of subaltern...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7479780">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7479780]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="73476503">
    <user id="193310">
    <name><![CDATA[brian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/193310-brian]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260862447p3/193310.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>16</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 21:46:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 21:32:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[human communication. we make do with what we have. we fool ourselves. for sake of survival and sanity we must believe words perfectly correspond to the ideas and objects they signify. but they don't. we're all involved in a ridiculous game of existential 'operator': lying to ourselves that the blond...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73476503">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73476503]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7252931">
    <user id="235153">
    <name><![CDATA[Quinn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/235153-quinn]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235092866p3/235153.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 08:24:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 04 08:24:23 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Coetzee's sometimes strained exercise here is to write together the narratives of Daniel Defoe's two major novels, Pamela and Robinson Crusoe.  Once again, the central undertaking is Coetzee's straining to hear the voice of the subaltern through his characters and once again concluding with the best...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7252931">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7252931]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49585599">
    <user id="193515">
    <name><![CDATA[Christopher]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Finland]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/193515-christopher]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1239006042p3/193515.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 13:50:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 14:06:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[J.M. Coetzee's 1986 novel FOE is a retelling of ROBINSON CRUSOE that uses Daniel Defoe's well-known story as a basis for a bitter commentary on colonialism. To really get anything out of Coetzee's novel, you'll need to read ROBINSON CRUSOE first. The Penguin Popular Classics edition is an inexpensiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49585599">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49585599]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42356911">
    <user id="1869327">
    <name><![CDATA[Josh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bryn Mawr, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1869327-josh]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231192150p3/1869327.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 08 09:42:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 08 09:42:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I think back to the scene in Billy Madison when the game show host says to Adam Sandler, &quot;Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42356911">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42356911]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41945156">
    <user id="130099">
    <name><![CDATA[Lauren]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/130099-lauren]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1181780439p3/130099.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 06:26:02 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 09 08:35:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[What I love about Coetzee's writing is how good he is at immediately bringing the reader into his character's world, which is completely different in each book.  Foe takes place in 1720, and the narrator is a woman named Susan Barton who after searching for her disappeared daughter in Bahia, is cast...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41945156">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41945156]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57085725">
    <user id="149212">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/149212-michael-k]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 23 14:40:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 14:46:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Begins as a compelling character study - in this case the character being studied is the author, in all her permutations - but devolves into, as is so common with these metanarratives on literature, a treatise wherein the characters becomes syncopes, ciphers for ideas rather than fully-formed in, of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57085725">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57085725]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44727049">
    <user id="724453">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724453-matt]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198982588p3/724453.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 28 22:42:15 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 28 22:46:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I wrote a paper on this book for a literature class, so I'm hesitant to say much here, lest I say too much entirely.  I'll settle with saying that this is a very creative foray into the tradition/alternate history of Defoe's &quot;Robinson Crusoe&quot; and has many layers from which it can be explor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44727049">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44727049]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6684475">
    <user id="408242">
    <name><![CDATA[Bmojaddidi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bryn Mawr, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/408242-bmojaddidi]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246412464p3/408242.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 23 22:29:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 23 22:29:11 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Hi all,<br/><br/>This is a good book, a mysterious one. Good for having fun, if you want to read it. I recommend it for those who are working for women anywhere in the world.<br/><br/>BM]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6684475]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="59421583">
    <user id="890387">
    <name><![CDATA[Christine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/890387-christine]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 12 12:13:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 26 11:56:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting read.  It's a pretty straightforward book until the last chapter.  Then the whole idea of what the story was actually about gets thrown out the window.  All of a sudden, I didn't know what was reality and what was not.  I had to read the last 30 or so pages a couple of times to &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59421583">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59421583]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14902278">
    <user id="575472">
    <name><![CDATA[Belsherj]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Corvallis, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/575472-belsherj]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 08 08:38:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 16 21:26:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[When I think about it, it seems like I should have liked this book.  I loved Waiting for the Barbarians.  I’m interested in a couple of the theme explored in the book: what happens when the articulate comes up against the inarticulatible and how the ability to shape narrative relates to the abilit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14902278">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14902278]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5488672">
    <user id="321508">
    <name><![CDATA[Karschtl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vienna, Austria]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/321508-karschtl]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188480192p3/321508.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6071</id>
  <isbn>3596132517</isbn>
  <isbn13>9783596132515</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Mr. Cruso, Mrs. Barton und Mr. Foe = Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165554633m/6071.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6071.Mr_Cruso_Mrs_Barton_und_Mr_Foe_Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="bc" />
        <shelf name="drama" />
        <shelf name="strange-weird" />
        <shelf name="uni_school_lecture" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 01 12:33:04 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 01 12:35:09 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In dieser Geschichte erzählt der südafrikanische Schriftsteller Coetzee die 'Vorgeschichte', wie es zum Roman &quot;Robinso Crusoe&quot; von Danie Defoe kam. Ihm zufolge war außer Cruso und Freitag auch noch eine Frau auf der Insel, ebenfalls schiffbrüchtig. Diese Frau ist auch die einzige, die ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5488672">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5488672]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="682048">
    <user id="56822">
    <name><![CDATA[Gavin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/56822-gavin]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6070</id>
  <isbn>8439710453</isbn>
  <isbn13>9788439710455</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">26</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe (B.Coetzee)</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6070.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 11 19:52:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 14 06:44:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Wow. Very impressive. A friend of mine said of a Coetzee book (not this one) that it was as if he had an outline, indeed a whole framework, of very good ideas and concepts, but then forgot to add the story and the writing to it. I disagree. This book becomes very densely packed especially in the lat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/682048">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/682048]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60286081">
    <user id="350406">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ithaca, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/350406-matthew]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1189612548p3/350406.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 19 07:31:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 25 07:30:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Foe is a book that has flourished in the musty halls of English Literature Buildings but has little appeal to the rest of the world.  The first fifty pages were quite good, but then the story devolves into a confusing and unsatisfying character study.  At points I felt like I was reading one of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60286081">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60286081]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74484839">
    <user id="869651">
    <name><![CDATA[Luke]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/869651-luke]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228854695p3/869651.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 05:22:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 05:26:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Plain an almost dull on the surface, by the end you realize it's a beautiful tangle of practically all the important late-twentieth century literary themes in just about 150 pages. And that's not even getting into the whole South African thing. This is a great book, especially for a book club, which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74484839">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74484839]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="63179624">
    <user id="27804">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27804-jennifer]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1177169878p3/27804.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 14:00:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 14:03:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[David warned me that I wouldn't like this book and I should have listened, but I wanted a short book for a train ride.  Coetzee has an interesting premise, imagining if a lone woman had washed up on Robinson Crusoe's island, and then hired Daniel Defoe to write her story.  But he sacrifices characte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63179624">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63179624]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68884056">
    <user id="1652316">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Okatie, SC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1652316-michael]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224982337p3/1652316.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="african-lit" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 25 17:50:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 25 17:51:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This one was on my Daughter's reading list for a novel course. They're reading it as a companion piece to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. You might think this is the Mrs. Cruso's story (didn't know there was another person on that island, heh?) or you might think it is the Mrs. de Foe story ... it's an int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68884056">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68884056]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42370764">
    <user id="732637">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mount Vernon, IA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/732637-amanda]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232501273p3/732637.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read-in-2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 08 12:50:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 19:53:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed the first two sections of the book- it made an elegant shift from Robinson Crusoe to more post modern discussions of storytelling and language. But the final section had lots of good, but fragmented, thoughts that never really made a cohesive message. I wanted a solid philosophy to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42370764">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42370764]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57673474">
    <user id="955972">
    <name><![CDATA[Morgan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portage, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/955972-morgan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 28 18:14:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 18:17:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I HATED this book.  I had to read it for my critical theory class and to this day have no idea what it was about.  It's allegedly about Robinson Crusoe and the black guy he's stranded w/ in &quot;Kidnapped.&quot;  However, after I wrote a 17 page paper on the novel, couldn't tell you more than that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57673474">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57673474]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57325949">
    <user id="2333669">
    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2333669-steven-salaita]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243207374p3/2333669.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">525544</id>
  <isbn>014009623X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140096231</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">797</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">63</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Foe</title>
  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175539617m/525544.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525544.Foe</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 25 20:45:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 25 20:45:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Put your thinking cap on for this one.  A pastiche of Robinson Crusoe with a woman narrator (maybe) and Friday reimagined as a mute black man (maybe), Foe is an exhilarating, sometimes creepy, retelling of Defoe's novel, with an indeterminate narrative and a heavy use of theoretical discourses.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57325949]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="1001" />
        <shelf name="1001-books" />
        <shelf name="1001-books-to-read-before-you-die" />
        <shelf name="novels" />
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=525544</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>