J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Prize (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.
Books by J. M. Coetzee
4 books available
Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
3.8(87,023)
Life and Times of Michael K
by J. M. Coetzee
In war-torn South Africa, Michael K, a simple and resilient man, embarks on a journey to return his ailing mother to her rural home, navigating a chaotic world of armies and seeking a life of quiet dignity.
Dusklands
by J. M. Coetzee
3.5(2,107)
In the stark, colonial landscapes of 18th-century South Africa and 1970s Vietnam, Coetzee's novellas expose the corrosive obsession with power and the brutal subjugation of the 'other'.
Waiting for the Barbarians
by J. M. Coetzee
3.9(25,064)
A magistrate's quiet frontier life unravels into rebellion against the Empire's brutal tactics, forcing him to confront his complicity in an oppressive system.