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Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus, a review

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Ellen Akins

The Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee Reviewed by Ellen Akins Nobel Prize-winning novelist J.M. Coetzee, now widely understood to be a reclusive crank, said in a 1983 interview that where everyone sees “bleakness and despair in my books … Continue reading →

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Notes on Coetzee

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Ellen Akins

J. M. Coetzee’s new book, The Childhood of Jesus, will be published on September 1 (and my brief review will appear in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune somewhere around there), in anticipation of which, a few notes: Here’s a link to Coetzee’s … Continue reading →

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Some (Old) Guys: J. M. Coetzee, David Grene

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Ellen Akins

 Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man? When David Grene died, at 89, in 2002, Douglas Martin said of him, in the New York Times, that his “translations of ancient Greek spoke with such clarity that the writer … Continue reading →

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