Disturbingly enough, I had Elizabeth Costello, another one of his novels (side note: the character of Elizabeth plays a major role in his novel Slow Man) sitting on my shelf for several years until my father-in-law picked it off the shelf while passing through to Alpine, read it in two days, returned it, and proclaimed he was going to read all of Coetzee's stuff. How many times did I hunt for a good book and not even give a second glance to this novel? Further I do not have any recollection where I got the book from.
I'm also going to read everything he has. And, for those who are lucky enough to be English college teachers, his books are Penguins which means you can get them for free.
2 comments:
That is odd although it happens to me all the time. If I hadn't been introduced to Coetzee in a post-colonialism class in undergrad. Happy reading his whole oeuvre (how annoying to use that word and yet I couldn't think of another word.)
I'll have to give Coetzee another chance. I read Disgrace and though it was obviously well-written, I found it deeply unsatisfying.
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