Following on from "Stranger Shores," which contained Coetzee's essays from 1986 to 1999, "Inner Workings" gathers together his literary essays from 2000 to 2005.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include Dusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians, which won South Africa's highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the Life and Times of Michael K., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, Boyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for Disgrace, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Show moreFollowing on from "Stranger Shores," which contained Coetzee's essays from 1986 to 1999, "Inner Workings" gathers together his literary essays from 2000 to 2005.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include Dusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians, which won South Africa's highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the Life and Times of Michael K., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, Boyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for Disgrace, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Show moreBorn in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include Dusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians, which won South Africa’s highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the Life and Times of Michael K., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, Boyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize for Disgrace, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
? Inner Workings is Coetzee's master class, and he honors us, too,
by letting us sit in on it.?
?Walter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
? Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in
a highly readable style.?
?"Los Angeles Times"
Inner Workings is Coetzee s master class, and he honors us, too, by
letting us sit in on it.
Walter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in a
highly readable style.
"Los Angeles Times"
a Inner Workings is Coetzeeas master class, and he honors us, too,
by letting us sit in on it.a
aWalter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
a Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in
a highly readable style.a
a"Los Angeles Times"
"Coetzee the critic is every bit as good as Coetzee the
novelist."-"Irish Times"
"Coetzee writes well about the technicalities of literature: like
an engineer he dismantles the texts and suggests ways in which they
might run more efficiently."-"Scotland on Sunday"
? Inner Workings is Coetzee's master class, and he honors us, too,
by letting us sit in on it.?
?Walter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
? Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in
a highly readable style.?
?"Los Angeles Times"
Inner Workings is Coetzee s master class, and he honors us, too, by
letting us sit in on it.
Walter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in a
highly readable style.
"Los Angeles Times"
a Inner Workings is Coetzeeas master class, and he honors us, too,
by letting us sit in on it.a
aWalter Kirn, "The New York Times Book Review"
a Coetzee describes his subjects using a variety of approaches, in
a highly readable style.a
a"Los Angeles Times"
"Coetzee the critic is every bit as good as Coetzee the
novelist."-"Irish Times"
"Coetzee writes well about the technicalities of literature: like
an engineer he dismantles the texts and suggests ways in which they
might run more efficiently."-"Scotland on Sunday"
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