A book of friends : in honour of J. M. Coetzee on his 80th birthday
2020
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John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African-born novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He has also won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Prize (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. Coetzee relocated to Australia in 2002, and currently lives in Adelaide and became an Australian citizen in 2006. A Book of Friends is a collection of essays, stories, poems and artworks compiled in honour of J. M. Coetzee on his eightieth birthday. It includes contributions from some of Coetzee's friends and contemporaries, and is edited by Dorothy Driver, his partner over the past four decades. Stretching from the Americas to South Africa to Australia, A Book of Friends pays homage to friendship, literature and the work of one of the most extraordinary writers of our time.
Main title:
A book of friends : in honour of J. M. Coetzee on his 80th birthday / preface by Dorothy Driver.
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Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing, 2020.
Collation:
238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781922268990
Dewey class:
A823.482392823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Criticism and interpretationCoetzee, J. M., 1940- -- InfluenceAuthors, Australian -- 20th century -- History and criticismAustralian literature -- History and criticismNovelists, Australian -- 21st centuryAuthors, South African -- 20th century -- History and criticismSouth African literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticismEnglish essays
BRN:
369337
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 823.92 COE | Available |