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Summertime

By J. M. Coetzee
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Summertime is an autobiographical novel that blends fact and fiction as a biographer reconstructs the life of the late John Coetzee through interviews and personal reflections. It offers a portrait of a complex individual grappling with his identity as an outsider and writer in South Africa during the 1970s. Through fragmented narratives, the book explores themes of solitude, creativity, and the intricacies of human perception.
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Summertime

Continuing Text’s re-release of J. M. Coetzee’s revered works with stylish new covers, Summertime is a modern classic by the great Nobel Prize winner accompanied by an introduction from literary critic James Ley

Continuing Text's re-release of J. M. Coetzee's revered works with stylish new covers, Summertime is a modern classic by the great Nobel Prize winner accompanied by an introduction from literary critic James Ley.

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And he was just a boy, this Mr Coetzee. I was a woman and he was a boy. He was a boy as a priest is always a boy until suddenly one day he is an old man.

After some time in America, the young unpublished writer John Coetzee returns to suburban Cape Town to live with his ailing father. His biographer chronicles this period in a series of interviews with the people important in Coetzee’s life, constructing a portrait of an awkward literary man at a remove from those around him. Summertime is the last of J. M. Coetzee’s masterly trio of autobiographical novels, Scenes from Provincial Life.

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Summertime by J. M. Coetzee is regarded as a reflective and introspective work that captures the author's characteristic depth and insight. The narrative is often praised for its compelling exploration of identity, offering a blend of poignant emotion and compelling introspection, reminiscent of Coetzee's earlier impactful works.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922330048

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Contributors:

  • Introduction by James Ley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

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Fiction General Fiction J. M. Coetzee Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. He lives in Adelaide.

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