J.M. Coetzee: Fictions of the Real (Hardcover)

Introduction Anthony Uhlmann 1. In quest of ‘other modes of being’: J.M. Coetzee’s ontological inquiries Yoshiki Tajiri 2. Dusklands and the meaning of method Anthony Uhlmann 3. The violence of forgetting: trauma and transnationalism in Coetzee’s Dusklands Lynda Ng 4. Reading between life and work: reflections on ‘J.M. Coetzee’ Elleke Boehmer 5. Coetzee & co: failure, lies and autobiography Paul Sheehan 6. The trial of David Lurie: Kafka’s courtroom in Coetzee’s Disgrace Christopher Conti 7. Insects, worlds, and the poetic in Coetzee’s writing Claudia Egerer 8. On (not) giving up: animals, biopolitics, and the impersonal in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace Richard A. Barney