J.M. Coetzee – Summertime

17Sep09

And so, my Booker shortlist (2009) journey continues with Coetzee’s fictional memoir, which completes the trilogy, already containing Boyhood and Youth. I haven’t read either of them, so, I wasn’t sure what to expect with Summertime, although my experience with Coetzee told me it wouldn’t be a very “summertime” book. Needless to say, I was […]

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J.M. Coetzee – Disgrace {Weekly Geeks Q&A}

11Jul09

This is the final post on the Weekly Geeks Q&A from 13th June. It’s taken me about a month to ‘catch up’, and I will still have a trilogy to go. As I’m planning on re-reading His Dark Materials in August, I’ll hold off until then. Yes, I tend to procrastinate ever so often. I […]

Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Booker Prize Winners, Commonwealth Writers Prize, General Fiction, J.M. Coetzee, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Nobel Prize Winners   |  4 Comments
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