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Late essays, 2006-2017 / J.M. Coetzee

Author
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Uniform Title
Essays. Selections
Published
New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
297 pages ; 22 cm

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Contents
Daniel Defoe, Roxana -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The scarlet letter -- Ford Madox Ford, The good soldier -- Philip Roth's tale of the plague -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The sorrows of young Werther -- Translating Hölderlin -- Heinrich von Kleist : two stories -- Robert Walser, The assistant -- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary -- Irène Némirovsky, Jewish writer -- Juan Ramón Jiménez, Platero and I -- Antonio Di Benedetto, Zama -- Leo Tolstoy, The death of Ivan Ilyich -- On Zbigniew Herbert -- The young Samuel Beckett -- Samuel Beckett, Watt -- Samuel Beckett, Molloy -- Eight ways of looking at Samuel Beckett -- Late Patrick White -- Patrick White, The solid mandala -- The poetry of Les Murray -- Reading Gerald Murnane -- The diary of Hendrik Witbooi.
Summary
"A provocative collection of 23 pieces showcases the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers, including Daniel Defoe, Samuel Beckett, Irene Nemirovsky and Goethe." --
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ISBN
9780735223912 (hardcover)
0735223912 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294).
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2018
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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