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A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The TimesAfter years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours, he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his d...

The Pole tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert.Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in...

A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winnerThe Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert.Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As ...

Wittold is a vigorous, white-haired pianist and is infatuated with the stylish (and married) Beatriz after she helps organise his Barcelona concert. He sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in Mallorca. Their unlikely relationship blossoms, as does their intense power struggle.

In seiner Künstlernovelle »Der Pole« entwirft der Nobelpreisträger J. M. Coetzee eine zarte, elegische Liebesgeschichte, die spröde beginnt und traurig schön endet. Der Protagonist, ein ergrauter Maestro, ist Pianist, für den die Schönheit Chopins in der Präzision liegt. Beatrice ist nach seinem Konzert in Barcelona als Gastgeberin nur eingesprungen, doch der Pianist entdeckt in ihr den Stern, dem seine Liebe folgen will. Beatrice kommen seine...

Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and, 'God willing, strike sparks off each other'. Here and Now is the result of that proposal: an epistolary dialogue between two great writers who became great friends.

From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, an astonishing novel of new beginnings and the troubles of youth. 'Brilliant...

From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, 'a moving story of lost childhood' (Sunday Telegraph). After crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land.

Brilliant' Evening StandardSimon and David - a tall ten-year-old - are in a new land, together with a woman named Ines.

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', twice winner of the Booker Prize'The Death of Jesus is full of truth' -- David Sexton, Book of the Week, Evening StandardIn The Childhood of Jesus, Simòn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Inès. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive.In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten...

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A masterful new novel completes an incomparable trilogy from J. M. Coetzee, Nobel laureate and two-times winner of the Booker PrizeIn The Childhood of Jesus, Simòn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Inès. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive.In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director o...

J. M. Coetzee unternimmt in seiner »Jesus-Trilogie« eine Reise an das Ende erzählerischer Gewissheiten. Seine Figuren sind ans Land gespülte Menschen. Sie alle sind auf der Suche nach einer Bedeutung, die über sie hinausreicht, sie mit etwas verknüpft, das ihrem Leben »Sinn« verleiht, so fragil er auch sei. »Der Tod Jesu« hat unvergleichliche Sogkraft: David, das Kind, wendet sich von der improvisierten Familie ab, die Simon ihm geschaffen ha...

J. M. Coetzees großer Roman »Die Kindheit Jesu« ist ein dunkler Meteor voller Überraschung, Schönheit und Intensität. Ein Mann und ein Kind kommen in ein fremdes Land. Sie haben keine genaue Erinnerung an ihr früheres Leben, erhalten neue Namen, müssen eine neue Sprache erlernen und sich seltsam unvertrauten Sitten anpassen. Und der Mann muss dem Kind die Mutter suchen, die es auf der Flucht verloren hat. Selbst als das zu gelingen scheint, w...

A collection of essays on literary subjects ranging from Daniel Defoe to Samuel Beckett from Nobel-winning author J.M. Coetzee - also featuring a rare instance of Coetzee taking on a contemporary with work on Philip Roth.

In der Fortsetzung von »Die Kindheit Jesu« schreibt der Nobelpreisträger J. M. Coetzee in seinem neuen Roman über Immigration und das Rätsel vom Ankommen. Der kleine Junge David und seine Stiefeltern Inés und Simón geraten auf der Suche nach einem neuen Leben nach Estrella. Beschützt von seinem Hund Bolívar schließt David neue Freundschaften und tobt über die Felder. Aber er wird schon sieben und muss eine Schule finden. Unterstützt von den g...

J.M. Coetzee's screenplay versions of In the Heart of the Country and Waiting for the Barbarians are original and as yet unproduced cinematic adaptations of his novels. The screenplays, published for the first time in this volume, are an unusual and unexpected addition to his oeuvre. They show his versatility as a writer able to cross over into the medium of script writing and film, and doing so in a technically proficient and highly accomplis...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, this is an intriguing novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Disgrace".

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2008, kurz nachdem sie sich in Australien begegnet waren, schrieb J. M. Coetzee an Paul Auster in New York und bot ihm an, gemeinsam einen Briefwechsel zu führen. Bis 2011 debattieren sie freimütig sie über den Lauf der Welt: von Tennis bis Vatersein, von erotischer Attraktion bis Finanzkrise, von Hochzeit zu Liebe. Scharfsinnig denken sie über unsere Gegenwart nach und bieten dem Leser in ihren manchmal ausgelassenen Briefen Einblick in ihr L...