Late Essays: 2016-2017
Written by J.M. Coetzee
Narrated by Steven Crossley
4.5/5
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J.M. Coetzee
J.M. Coetzee nació en 1940 en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica. Allí se crió y más tarde cursó estudios universitarios para luego irse a la Universidad de Austin, Texas, y doctorarse en Literatura. En 1972 volvió a Sudáfrica, y desde entonces es profesor en la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo, además de traductor, lingüista, crítico literario y, sin duda, uno de los escritores más importantes de Sudáfrica. Premio Nobel de Literatura en 2003, ha sido galardonado también, entre otros, con el prestigioso premio Booker, que ganó en dos ocasiones, por Vida y época de Michael K y Desgracia. Asimismo, fue distinguido en España con los premios Llibreter (2003) y Reino de Redonda (2001), creado por el escritor Javier Marías. Otros títulos en Literatura Random House son Infancia, Juventud, Elizabeth Costello, Hombre lento, Diario de un mal año, Escenas de una vida provinciana, En medio de ninguna parte y Siete cuentos morales. La muerte de Jesús es la tercera novela de la saga iniciada con La infancia de Jesús (2013), y Los días de Jesús en la escuela (2017), la continuación de aquella. También ha publicado varios libros de ensayo, entre los que se destacan Contra la censura, Costas extrañas y la correspondencia mantenida con Paul Auster, Aquí y ahora.
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Reviews for Late Essays
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jan 8, 2018
The twenty-three essays included in this collection are wonderful examples of clear, concise, erudite but accessible writing. The majority appeared originally in the New York Review of Books; the remainder had disparate first outings. Their subjects are all literary, ranging from Daniel Defoe and Robert Walser to Tolstoy, Beckett, Les Murray, and Patrick White. Coetzee writes with as much assurance about Friedrich Hölderlin as he does about Gustave Flaubert, or Nathaniel Hawthorne. One constantly has the impression of being in the presence of someone vastly knowledgeable, even about arcane matters, who yet patiently sets down his learning without flourish or presumption. This makes them both a pleasure to read and to recall. It also draws the reader on, sparking a natural desire to read the authors of whom Coetzee writes with such care. But also to read more of Coetzee’s literate but non-academic writing.
Recommended.
