Late essays, 2006-2017 /

A provocative collection of 23 pieces showcases the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers, including Daniel Defoe, Samuel Beckett, Irene Nemirovsky and Goethe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coetzee, J. M., 1940- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, [2017].
Subjects:	Literature > History and criticism. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature.

Table of Contents:

Daniel Defoe, Roxana
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The scarlet letter
Ford Madox Ford, The good soldier
Philip Roth's tale of the plague
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The sorrows of young Werther
Translating Hölderlin
Heinrich von Kleist : two stories
Robert Walser, The assistant
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Irène Némirovsky, Jewish writer
Juan Ramón Jiménez, Platero and I
Antonio Di Benedetto, Zama
Leo Tolstoy, The death of Ivan Ilyich
On Zbigniew Herbert
The young Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett, Watt
Samuel Beckett, Molloy
Eight ways of looking at Samuel Beckett
Late Patrick White
Patrick White, The solid mandala
The poetry of Les Murray
Reading Gerald Murnane
The diary of Hendrik Witbooi.