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A Good Place To Start
| Title | Votes | |
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| Disgrace | 2 | |
| Waiting for the Barbarians | 1 |
A Bad Place To Start
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| Slow Man | 1 |
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J. M. Coetzee
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From a review of "Slow Man":
"It is hard to find an admirer of J.M. Coetzee's work who does not think that his best book is DISGRACE, one of the strongest novels of the last quarter-century and, among other things, a masterpiece of misdirection."
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=18430
joecowley April 28th, 2007 10:04 PM PST
I'm one of the readers who does not think Disgrace is his best novel. For me, Waiting for the Barbarians is his masterpiece. It is a novel I enjoyed tremendously.
petaluma May 18th, 2007 02:06 PM PST
As a long-time member of the Lofty Readers (the book club Debbie actively participated in, along with her husband Maurie), I will say that Coetzee's "Disgrace" prompted the most interesting discussion we have ever had. Depth of his characters; their relationships and motives. Very provocative.
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Marian November 7th, 2006 12:13 PM PST