J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing

‘In a series of readings outstanding for their meticulousness, care and sensitivity, Attwell gives us a study of J. M. Coetzee in time, yet also, ultimately, beyond time, confirmed in his position as one of the great writers of the late twentieth century…With this book our understanding of this writer’s life’s work, as well as of the work of a life, especially, but not only, that of Coetzee, is transformed.’ * Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford *
‘An illuminating work of archival criticism.’ * Australian Book Review *
‘An important work of scholarship, and one of the most insightful studies of Coetzee and his oeuvre yet published.’ * Conversation *

David Attwell is Head of the English Department at the University of York. He has written several works about and with J. M. Coetzee, including J. M. Coetzee: South Africa and the Politics of Writing (1993) and Doubling the Point (1992).

J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing is the first book to feature detailed information from the various stages of J. M. Coetzee’s manuscripts, sourced from more than 155 boxes of literary archive at the Harry Random Centre in the University of Texas.

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