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
J M Coetzee
Where I Stand 20/05/16
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
The Childhood of Jesus – A Review
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
Where I Stand 30/04/2016
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
Where I Stand 10/04/16
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
Where I Stand 09/03/16
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
Where I Stand 07/03/16
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
