2009, ISBN: 1741669022

[EAN: 9781741669022], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], A young English biographer is researching a book about the late S outh African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee i… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781741669022], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], A young English biographer is researching a book about the late S outh African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee in his thir ties, at a time when he was living in a rundown cottage in the Ca pe Town suburbs with his widowed father-a time, the biographer is convinced, when Coetzee was finding himself as a writer. Never h aving met the man himself, the biographer interviews five people who knew Coetzee well, including a married woman with whom he had an affair, his cousin Margot, and a Brazilian dancer whose daugh ter took English lessons with him. These accounts add up to an im age of an awkward, reserved, and bookish young man who finds it h ard to make meaningful connections with the people around him. Su mmertime is an inventive and inspired work of fiction that allows J.M. Coetzee to imagine his own life with a critical and unspari ng eye, revealing painful moral struggles and attempts to come to grips with what it means to care for another human being. Incisi ve, elegant, and often surprisingly funny, Summertime is a compel ling work by one of today's most esteemed writers., Books<

2009, ISBN: 1741669022

[EAN: 9781741669022], Used, very good, [PU: Knopf], A young English biographer is researching a book about the late S outh African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee in his thir tie… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781741669022], Used, very good, [PU: Knopf], A young English biographer is researching a book about the late S outh African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee in his thir ties, at a time when he was living in a rundown cottage in the Ca pe Town suburbs with his widowed father-a time, the biographer is convinced, when Coetzee was finding himself as a writer. Never h aving met the man himself, the biographer interviews five people who knew Coetzee well, including a married woman with whom he had an affair, his cousin Margot, and a Brazilian dancer whose daugh ter took English lessons with him. These accounts add up to an im age of an awkward, reserved, and bookish young man who finds it h ard to make meaningful connections with the people around him. Su mmertime is an inventive and inspired work of fiction that allows J.M. Coetzee to imagine his own life with a critical and unspari ng eye, revealing painful moral struggles and attempts to come to grips with what it means to care for another human being. Incisi ve, elegant, and often surprisingly funny, Summertime is a compel ling work by one of today's most esteemed writers., Books<

2009, ISBN: 1741669022

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[EAN: 9781741669022], Used, good, [PU: Knopf, North Sydney], FICTION MEMOIRS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOISBN, Jacket, 266p. Original black boards, black endpapers. An immaculate first Aust… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781741669022], Used, good, [PU: Knopf, North Sydney], FICTION MEMOIRS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOISBN, Jacket, 266p. Original black boards, black endpapers. An immaculate first Australian printing in like dustwrapper. Third volume (preceded by Boyhood and Youth) in the author's fictionalised memoir. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003., Books<

2009, ISBN: 1741669022

[EAN: 9781741669022], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf, Australia], SUMMERTIME : SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE J. M. COETZEE KNOPF SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN BOYHOOD YOUTH TRILOGY, Jacket, … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781741669022], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf, Australia], SUMMERTIME : SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE J. M. COETZEE KNOPF SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN BOYHOOD YOUTH TRILOGY, Jacket, 2nd impression 2009 fine hardback in a fine dust wrapper. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. 266 pages., Books<