| Diary of a Bad Year: Diary of a Bad Year: Fiction Contributor(s): Coetzee, J. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143114484 ISBN-13: 9780143114482 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: The latest by the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace" is an utterly contemporary work of fiction that addresses the profound unease of countless people in democracies across the world. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.12" W x 7.74" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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). |