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Tracey
Jul 18, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, literature, 2015
This is not a book I would recommend for anyone who has an e-reader. You really need the book version as you find yourself working forwards and backwards through the novel as you navigate the two points of view and three narratives.
Coetzee forces you into a choice as to how you read this book. That can be difficult for the reader as all three narratives are highly engaging. You want to follow one narrative all the way through but you can not as you need to find stopping points so you can up on
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Tien
The structure of this novel drives me bonkers!

The male protagonist is a writer and he writes opinion pieces. On each page, there is 3 parts:
1. a part of his opinion piece/essay (one per chapter)
2. his perspective
3. Anya's perspective

Sometimes, the last sentence in a part does not even end (ie. the sentences continues on the next page)! I read down each page faithfully but really, I could just flick back & forth in a chapter to follow 1 thought instead of trying to hold 3 all the time. Also, ther
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Jade17
Nov 01, 2008 marked it as to-read
Nov 1 - I picked this up today and I still don't know how to approach it. So far, I've been reading the bottom half then it was split into three. Hmmm.. ...more
Lauren
Dec 10, 2009 marked it as tbr-longlist
Shelves: aus
Hayley
Jan 28, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Alexandra
Sep 19, 2010 rated it really liked it
Stuart Barnes
Jun 26, 2012 marked it as to-read
Janine
Aug 30, 2012 rated it did not like it
Russell
Sep 26, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: coetzee
Judy
Mar 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Keyvan Allahyari
Feb 01, 2014 rated it did not like it
Gregor Xane
Apr 13, 2020 marked it as to-read