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Walking embodiment of the patriarchy Prof David Lurie creates a situation for which he will pay dearly if not learn. His disgrace sends him to his daughter‘s place in the country where we get to see his racism, too. At once an exploration of attitudes that need to disappear and post-apartheid South Africa, this book is brilliant. Glad I finally read it.

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Lyrical & creepy. More of Coetzee‘s distant objects of desire & ardent, pitiable men. Deconstructing Dante w/ a banal Beatrice. Allegory?—an aging Coetzee telling the WORLD “I love you, I desire you, remember me when I‘m gone?” But maybe that‘s too generous. Also: pity is an uncomfortable place. Without the release of farce or melodrama, an empty grand passion is hard to sit with. Maybe that‘s the point. Strange book. Language & translation. 2023

What to make of a novel of essays? Apparently JMC took his own published essays and their criticism (good, tough criticism) and made a novel out of it, with an afterlife confrontation added in. Of course, these are Elizabeth Costello‘s speeches in the book.

So it works and also doesn‘t. First chapter of Realism is fantastic. Later obsession with the morality on veganism was ok - but, i had trouble caring. But i still kind of liked it overall.

Still warming my cat (and vice versa). Trying out Coetzee. Lovely 1st chapter toying with perspectives on Realism.

Switching it up a little bit with this one.

One of my purchases from holiday.

I hope I can blame being in survival mode in 2021 for missing this Booker winner entirely. I got to see the play based on the book last night and it was absolutely amazing. A brilliant commentary on South Africa's complicated history.

This book was a really difficult read because it was very upsetting. It is representative of South Africa and the tumultuous racial issues that are present there. I did not know enough to see the analogy and recognize that is a big reason why the book didn‘t resonate with me. 3/5