Diary of a Bad Year by J M Coetzee

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Diary of a Bad Year by J M Coetzee

Diary of a Bad Year takes on the world of politics--a new topic for Coetzee--and explores the role of the writer in our times with an extraordinary moral compass.

J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018.

J.M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with Diary of a Bad Year, a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, a response to the present in which I find myself. Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a series of essays entitled Strong Opinions, of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them both especially when Alan, Anya's no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor C's bank account. Told in these three voices simultaneously, Coetzee has created any entirely new way of telling a story, and nothing less than an involving, argumentative, moving novel (The New Yorker).
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ISBN 13 9780143114482
ISBN 10 0143114484
Title Diary of a Bad Year
Author J M Coetzee
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2008-10-28
Number of pages 240
Prizes Winner of New York Times Notable Book., Long-listed for Australia-Asia Literary Award.
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