J.M. Coetzee & the Life of Writing
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J.M. Coetzee & the Life of Writing by David Attwell
J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing is a fresh, fascinating take on one of the most important and opaque literary figures of our time.
a fascinating account.. Attwell's writing is finely attuned to his subject matter, making for a careful consideration of the life and work of a careful novelist * Sunday Times (South Africa) *
fascinating * Tim Parks, London Review of Books *
brilliant literary biography * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
fascinating * Tim Parks, London Review of Books *
brilliant literary biography * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *
David Attwell is Professor of English at the University of York. He was educated at the University of Natal in Durban, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has published widely in postcolonial studies, specialising in South African literature. With Derek Attridge he co-edited The Cambridge History of South African Literature (2012). His previous books include J.M. Coetzee: South Africa and the Politics of Writing (1993), J.M. Coetzee, Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews (1992) of which he was editor and interviewer, and Rewriting Modernity: Studies in Black South African Literary History (2005 and 2006).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198746331 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198746334 |
| Title | J.M. Coetzee & the Life of Writing |
| Author | David Attwell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2015-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
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