J. M. Coetzee

7 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction

John Maxwell Coetzee OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Prize (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.

Books by J. M. Coetzee

7 books available

Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
3.8 (87k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Waiting for the Barbarians
J. M. Coetzee
3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A magistrate's quiet frontier life unravels into rebellion against the Empire's brutal tactics, forcing him to confront his complicity in an oppressive system.
Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee
3.5 (10k) average on GoodreadsFiction
An aging, celebrated novelist travels the world, grappling with fame and her struggle to articulate her deepest beliefs.
Foe
J. M. Coetzee
3.4 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A castaway asks a writer to immortalize her story of survival with Cruso and the silent Friday; this request becomes a deep look at truth, authorship, and narrative's power.
The Lives of Animals
J. M. Coetzee
3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy
A celebrated novelist's firm belief about human cruelty to animals alienates her from family and colleagues, sparking an uncomfortable look at our moral duties to the non-human world.
Dusklands
J. M. Coetzee
3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsFiction
In the stark, colonial landscapes of 18th-century South Africa and 1970s Vietnam, Coetzee's novellas expose the corrosive obsession with power and the brutal subjugation of the 'other'.
Life and Times of Michael K
J. M. Coetzee
Fiction
In war-torn South Africa, Michael K, a simple and resilient man, embarks on a journey to return his ailing mother to her rural home, navigating a chaotic world of armies and seeking a life of quiet dignity.