J.M. Coetzee's Austerities

Representing a wide range of critical and theoretical perspectives, this volume examines J.M. Coetzee''s novels from Dusklands to Diary of a Bad Year. The choice of essays reflects three broad goals: aligning the South African dimension of Coetzee''s writing with his "late modernist" aesthetic; exploring the relationship between Coetzee''s novels and his essays on linguistics; and paying particula...