J. M. Coetzee

After years teaching Romantic poetry in Cape Town, David Lurie has an impulsive affair with a student.The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy’s isolated smallholding. For a time, his daughter’s influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship.'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times'At the frontier of world literature' Sunday Telegraph**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winnerThe Pole tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert.Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though only on her terms.As the power struggle between them intensifies -- Is it Beatriz who limits their passion by controlling her emotions? Or is it Witold, trying to force into life his dream of love? Evocative of Joyce's 'The Dead,' The Pole is a haunting work, evoking the 'inexhaustible palette of sensations, from blind love to compassion' (El País) typical of Coetzee's finest novels.Published together with five exceptional stories, this new work from one of our greatest writers is a must for all literary connoisseurs.

Renowned for his sparse yet powerful prose, J. M. Coetzee is unquestionably among the most influential--and provocative--authors of our time. With characteristic insight and a "brittle wit that forces our attention on the common terrors we don't want to think about" (Washington Post), Coetzee here challenges us to interrogate our preconceptions not only of love, but of truth itself.Exacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee's The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, extravagantly white-haired pianist and interpreter of Chopin who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his concert in Barcelona. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold and his "gleaming dentures," she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As the journeyman performer sends her countless letters, extends invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though only on Beatriz's terms.The power struggle between them intensifies, eventually escalating into a full-fledged battle of the sexes. But is it Beatriz who limits their passion by paralyzing her emotions? Or is it Wittold, the old man at his typewriter, trying to force into life his dream of love? Reinventing the all-encompassing love of the poet Dante for his Beatrice, Coetzee exposes the fundamentally enigmatic nature of romance, showing how a chance meeting between strangers--even "a Pole, a man of seventy, a vigorous seventy," and a stultified "banker's wife who occupies her days in good works"--can suddenly change everything.Reminiscent of James Joyce's "The Dead" in its exploration of love and loss, The Pole, with lean prose and surprising feints, is a haunting work, evoking the "inexhaustible palette of sensations, from blind love to compassion" (Berna Gonz lez Harbour, El Pa s) typical of Coetzee's finest novels.

Etter Jesu barndom og Jesu skoledager fullfører nobelprisvinneren sin mesterlige trilogi med et nytt mesterverk.David er en veslevoksen gutt på 10 år, god i fotball og elsker å spille sammen med vennene sine. Faren hans, Simón og hunden Bolívar pleier å se på mens moren, Inés jobber i en klesbutikk. David er en gutt som stiller spørsmål ved det meste og utfordrer sine foreldre og alle andre autoritetspersoner i sitt liv. På danseskolen danser han akkurat som han vil, han nekter å gjøre matteoppgaver og leser ingen andre bøker enn Don Quixote.En dag invitere Julio Fabricante, bestyreren på et barnehjem i nærheten, ham og hans venner til å være med å lage et ordentlig fotballag. David bestemmer seg for å forlate foreldrene for å komme å bo hos Julio, men snart er han i ferd med å gå til grunne av en mystisk sykdom.I Jesu død fortsetter J.M. Coetzee å utforske mening i en verden tømt for minner, men full av spørsmål.“[Jesu død] ikke bare imponerer og bringer deg ut av fatning, men beveger deg også til tårer (. . .) Jesus-trilogien vender tilbake til det vi kan kalle en «hoved-fase» Coetzee – til de ruvende romanene Vanære, Før barbarene kommer og Michael K. Hans liv og tid, med deres utvidende kortfattethet, etiske rikdom og permanente litterære valuta - og innsikten som kommer med alderen i tillegg (…) Coetzee er fortsatt muligens vår største forfatter, og (. . .) med mesterverket Jesu død, minner han oss om hvorfor. ”The Los Angeles Review of Books“Du kan kalle ham en idéenes romanforfatter, men også en filosof som skriver romaner.»Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review«Avslutter trilogien med tyngde og hjerte (…) Hvis Jesu død treffer deg på riktig sted, kommer du til å lese den kjølige, tørre siste setning – som jeg gjorde -med tårer i øynene.»The Times«Jesu død er obligatorisk lesning og kaster merkverdig nytt lys på en av verdens største og mest gåtefulle romanforfattere.»Financial Times

Here and Now is a collection of letters between Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, two of the greatest writers of our time.'Uniquely insightful.' Independent'Extraordinary.' Times Literary SupplementAlthough Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other's books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and, 'God willing, strike sparks off each other'.Here and Now is the result of that proposal: an epistolary dialogue between two great writers who became great friends. Over three years their letters touched on nearly every subject, from sports to fatherhood, literature to film, philosophy to politics, from the financial crisis to art, eroticism, marriage, friendship, and love.

From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, 'a moving story of lost childhood' (Sunday Telegraph).After crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land. David, the boy, has lost his mother and Simón vows to look after him. In this strange country they are each assigned a new name, a new birthday, a new life.Knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David's mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Simón is certain he will recognise her at first sight. 'But after we find her,' David asks, 'what are we here for?'The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful and continually surprising novel from a very great writer.'Powerful and poetic... This book will continue to act, silently and unexpectedly, on the reader's imagination' Financial Times

From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, an astonishing novel of new beginnings and the troubles of youth.'Brilliant... Tenaciously absorbing' Daily TelegraphDavid is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simón and Inés take care of him in their new town, Estrella. He is learning the language, he has begun to make friends and he has the big dog Bolívar to watch over him.But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. Yet it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what adults are capable of.The Schooldays of Jesus is a mesmerising tale about growing up, and about the choices we are forced to make in our lives.'Compelling, often very funny, full of sudden depths' ObserverLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2016

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', double Booker Prize winner J. M. Coetzee.'Full of truth, tearfully moving to read... Brilliant' Evening StandardSimón and David - a tall ten-year-old - are in a new land, together with a woman named Inés. The small family have found a home in which David can thrive. But David is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to live with Julio and the children in his care, Simón and Inés are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness.The Death of Jesus is the completion of an incomparable trilogy in which J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.* A New York Times Notable Book *___________________'Extraordinary... Coetzee stands as the pre-eminent novelist in the English-writing world' New Statesman'You will read its cool, dry final sentences - as I did - with tears in your eyes' The Times

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', twice winner of the Booker Prize 'The Death of Jesus is full of truth' -- David Sexton, Book of the Week, Evening Standard In The Childhood of Jesus, Simòn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Inès. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive. In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simòn and Inès are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions. **A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2020**

Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K, J. M. Coetzee reimagines Daniel DeFoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe in Foe. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. In an act of breathtaking imagination, J.M Coetzee radically reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe. In the early eighteenth century, Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave, Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and, eventually, his lover. At last they are rescued by a passing ship, but only she and Friday survive the journey back to London. Determined to have her story told, she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will relate truthfully her memories to the world. But with Cruso dead, Friday incapable of speech and Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative, Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past, only to fall victim to the seduction of storytelling itself. Treacherous, elegant and unexpectedly moving, Foe remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author's works. 'A small miracle of a book. . . of marvellous intricacy and overwhelming power' Washington Post 'A superb novel' The New York Times

Jesu skoledager er en fascinerende og stilsikker ny roman fra nobelprisvinner J.M. Coetzee, og oppfølger til Jesu barndom, som kom på norsk i 2014.I Jesu skoledager fortsetter Coetzee fortellingen om den lille gutten Davíd, som sammen med Simón og Inés har flyttet til den lille byen Estrella. Davíd er en gutt som stiller spørsmål ved alt og ikke liker å innordne seg. Nå begynner han på det lille, private Akademiet for dans og ser ut til å finne seg godt til rette.Men kanskje viktigere enn plott er dette en bok som forholder seg til filosofiske spørsmål: Hva er kjærlighet? Frihet? Begjær? Å være et menneske? Som i sine tidligere bøker skriver Coetzee knapt og sterkt og med en suveren kjennskap til litteraturen og kulturhistorien, på en måte som få andre kan måle seg med i dag. Han drar opp grunnleggende universelle problemstillinger rundt hvordan det er å vokse opp og utvikle seg som menneske, og å stadig bli dratt mellom følelser og intellekt.

Översättning av "den långsamme": Den långsamme är berättelsen om hur mr Rayment, en ensamstående, sextioårig mans öde förändras efter en allvarlig cykelolycka. Hans väg tillbaka kommer att kantas av en rad gåtfulla kvinnor, som plötsligt gör intrång i hans liv. Mr Rayments protester mot att ständigt vara i behov av vård gör hans tillvaro tung och meningslös. Tills den dagen då den kroatiska sköterskan Marijana kliver över tröskeln. Han blir handlöst förälskad i den vackra och omsorgsfulla trebarnsmamman. För hennes skull är han beredd att göra vadsomhelst, trots att han tidigt inser det orimliga i deras relation. En av Coetzees tidigare romanfigurer intar en viktig roll även i detta drama, författaren Elizabeth Costello. Hon får spegla det omöjliga och osunda i Mr Rayments passion. Kan hon få honom att ändra riktning? En fascinerande och gåtfull berättelse om hur en äldre mans trångsynta begär splittrar en hel familj. En man som för sent i livet upptäcker vad som fattas honom. Han är trög och tafatt med sina känslor. Han är en helt sonika en långsam man

Coetzeeâ??s majestic trilogy of fictionalised memoir, Boyhood, Youth and SummertimeIt opens in a small town in the South Africa of the 1940s. As he interviews important figures in Coetzeeâ??s life, a portrait emerges of an awkward outsider who â?? even after death â?? remains dogged by rumours.