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J M Coetzee

Where I Stand 23/05/2016

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I remember the violence of the 1990s.  One can hardly forget it – it is still with us today.  What is more I could very well have … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 23/05/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Corruption, Disgrace, J M Coetzee, Jacob Zuma, Judge Jansen, post-colonialism, South Africa

Where I Stand 20/05/16

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I have no time for those people who say literary characters have to be sympathetic ones; Widmerpool, Kurtz, Madam Bovary, Lady … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 20/05/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Disgrace, J M Coetzee, South Africa

The Childhood of Jesus – A Review

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J.M. Coetzee is an enigma. A Nobel Laureate, twice Booker Prize winner he has, or so it would seem, become the unwilling icon of … [Read more...] about The Childhood of Jesus – A Review

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: J M Coetzee, South Africa, Stephen Watson, The Childhood of Jesus

Where I Stand 30/04/2016

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I will ignore the politics of the day other than to say that the EFF manifesto launch was perhaps a sign that Zuma has got some of … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 30/04/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: EFF, J M Coetzee, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, South African Fiction, South African literature, South African Publishing

Where I Stand 10/04/16

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Notes on a new fiction called The Albertsburg Judgement: The Albertsburg Judgement is a conscious collaboration with the … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 10/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Albert Camus, Dan Jacobson, J M Coetzee, Kamel Daoud, pied-noirs, post-colonialism, Stephen Watson

Where I Stand 09/03/16

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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. - TS Eliot. I was thinking about … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 09/03/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Google, J M Coetzee, T S Eliot

Where I Stand 07/03/16

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On rereading Coetzee’s Foe I became aware that what I thought might be an attack on publishers was in fact an attack on the tropes … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 07/03/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Contemporary Fiction, J M Coetzee, Publishers

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