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...path has matched her approach to writing. Though published at first only in South Africa, the novel boasted a blurb by Nobel Prize winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, and quickly began receiving attention. Dovey, whose mother had written one of the first scholarly treatments of Coetzee??s work, called it a “miracle.” Since then, the book has been met with widespread acclaim, and has been published or is awaiting publication in 17 countries. Dovey’s literary success story is an unlikely one. She recalls feeling...
...path has matched her approach to writing. Though published at first only in South Africa, the novel boasted a blurb by Nobel Prize winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, and quickly began receiving attention. Dovey, whose mother had written one of the first scholarly treatments of Coetzee??s work, called it a “miracle.” Since then, the book has been met with widespread acclaim, and has been published or is awaiting publication in 17 countries. Dovey’s literary success story is an unlikely one. She recalls feeling...
...protagonist, remarking in turns on the macabre and the surreal with unflinching ambivalence.Comparison is impossible to resist, as Rodoreda chooses to pitch her tent so deliberately close to that of other writers. The allegory of Rodoreda’s novel is glaringly reminiscent of its more renowned contemporary, J.M. Coetzee??s “Waiting for the Barbarians.” Whereas Coetzee uses myth to provide an account of nobility in the midst of brutality—itself a critique of South African apartheid—Rodoreda’s rootless fantasy world communicates comparatively little...
...Coetzee??s cancellation was not altogether unexpected; he has been extremely shy throughout his illustrious career, refusing to speak to the media despite his public acclaim...
...Despite Coetzee??s reclusive reputation, Department Chair Lawrence Buell said he did not regret the choice...