{"title":"J. M. Coetzee","description":"J. M. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 and is the author of twenty-one books, which have been translated into many languages. He was the first author to twice win the Booker Prize. A native of South Africa, he now lives in Adelaide, Australia.","products":[{"product_id":"the-childhood-of-jesus-paperback","title":"The Childhood of Jesus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life \u0026amp; Times of Michael K\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisgrace. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nobel laureate and two-time Booker Prize winner J. M. Coetzee returns with a haunting and surprising novel about childhood and destiny that is sure to rank with his classic novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Separated from his mother as a passenger on a boat bound for a new land, David is a boy who is quite literally adrift. The piece of paper explaining his situation is lost, but a fellow passenger, Sim n, vows to look after the boy. When the boat docks, David and Sim n are issued new names, new birthdays, and virtually a whole new life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Strangers in a strange land, knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David's mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Sim n is certain he will recognize her at first sight. \"But after we find her,\" David asks, \"what are we here for?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An eerie allegorical tale told largely through dialogue, \u003ci\u003eThe Childhood of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary feat--a novel of ideas that is also a tender, compelling narrative. Coetzee's many fans will celebrate his return while new readers will find \u003ci\u003eThe Childhood of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e an intriguing introduction to the work of a true master.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103237509343,"sku":"9780143125761","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RVNtXtQ8Ki9780143125761.webp?v=1781090548"},{"product_id":"summertime-paperback","title":"Summertime - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Not since \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e, has he written with such urgency and feeling.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Coetzee's latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available from Viking. \u003ci\u003eLate Essays: 2006-2016\u003c\/i\u003e will be available January 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee's new book follows a young biographer as he works on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. The biographer embarks on a series of interviews with people who were important to Coetzee during the period when he was \"finding his feet as a writer\"-in his thirties and sharing a run-down cottage in the suburbs of Cape Town with his widowed father. Their testimonies create an image of an awkward, reserved, and bookish young man who finds it difficult to connect with the people around him. An innovative and inspired work of fiction-incisive, elegant, and often surprisingly funny- \u003ci\u003eSummertime\u003c\/i\u003e allows one of the most revered writers of our time to imagine his own life with a critical and unsparing eye.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103792304351,"sku":"9780143118459","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BB7_NR-Cit9780143118459.webp?v=1781097633"},{"product_id":"elizabeth-costello-fiction-paperback","title":"Elizabeth Costello: Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Coetzee's latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available from Viking. \u003ci\u003eLate Essays: 2006-2016\u003c\/i\u003e will be available January 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1982, J. M. Coetzee has been dazzling the literary world. After eight novels that have won, among other awards, two Booker Prizes, and most recently, the Nobel Prize, Coetzee has once again crafted an unusual and deeply affecting tale. Told through an ingenious series of formal addresses, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Costello\u003c\/i\u003e is, on the surface, the story of a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104520212703,"sku":"9780142004814","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/69Oz2KrQkd9780142004814.webp?v=1781108546"},{"product_id":"the-pole-hardcover","title":"The Pole - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned for his sparse yet powerful prose, J. M. Coetzee is unquestionably among the most influential--and provocative--authors of our time. With characteristic insight and a \"brittle wit that forces our attention on the common terrors we don't want to think about\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), Coetzee here challenges us to interrogate our preconceptions not only of love, but of truth itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee's \u003cem\u003eThe Pole\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, extravagantly white-haired pianist and interpreter of Chopin who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his concert in Barcelona. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold and his \"gleaming dentures,\" she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As the journeyman performer sends her countless letters, extends invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though only on Beatriz's terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe power struggle between them intensifies, eventually escalating into a full-fledged battle of the sexes. But is it Beatriz who limits their passion by paralyzing her emotions? Or is it Wittold, the old man at his typewriter, trying to force into life his dream of love? Reinventing the all-encompassing love of the poet Dante for his Beatrice, Coetzee exposes the fundamentally enigmatic nature of romance, showing how a chance meeting between strangers--even \"a Pole, a man of seventy, a vigorous seventy,\" and a stultified \"banker's wife who occupies her days in good works\"--can suddenly change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of James Joyce's \"The Dead\" in its exploration of love and loss, \u003cem\u003eThe Pole\u003c\/em\u003e, with lean prose and surprising feints, is a haunting work, evoking the \"inexhaustible palette of sensations, from blind love to compassion\" (Berna Gonz疝ez Harbour, \u003cem\u003eEl Pa?\u003c\/em\u003e) typical of Coetzee's finest novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104788975839,"sku":"9781324093862","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4kgr6fj-QR9781324093862.webp?v=1781111323"},{"product_id":"in-the-heart-of-the-country-paperback","title":"In the Heart of the Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story told in prose as feverishly rich as William Faulkner's, \u003ci\u003e In the Heart of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of irresistable power. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. 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