Coetzee, J. M. 1940-

Disgrace by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
204 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in 35 languages and held by 3,263 libraries worldwide
A white woman is gang-raped by blacks in this novel on post-apartheid South Africa. But she understands such settling of scores is inevitable, given what whites did to blacks, and she keeps the baby. By the author of Waiting for the Barbarians.

Life & times of Michael K by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
116 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 29 languages and held by 2,416 libraries worldwide
In South Africa, whose civil administration is collapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows him. Tracked down and locked up as a collaborator with the rural guerrillas, he embarks on a fast that angers, baffles, and finally awes his captors. The story of Michael K is the story of a man caught up in a war beyond his understanding, but determined to live his life, however minimally, on his own terms.

Waiting for the barbarians by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
141 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 31 languages and held by 2,282 libraries worldwide
Allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed.

Slow man by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
77 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in 24 languages and held by 2,126 libraries worldwide
"When photographer Paul Rayment loses his leg in a bicycle accident, his solitary life is irrevocably changed. Stubbornly refusing a prosthesis, Paul returns to his bachelor's apartment in Adelaide, uncomfortable with his new dependency on others. He is given to bouts of hopelessness as he looks back on his sixty years of life, but his spirits rise when he finds himself falling in love with Marijana, his practical, down-to-earth Croatian nurse ... As Paul contemplates how to win her heart, he is visited by the mysterious writer Elizabeth Costello, who challenges Paul to take an active role in his own life"--Dust jacket.

Elizabeth Costello by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
78 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in 19 languages and held by 2,072 libraries worldwide
Elizabeth Costello is a distinguished and aging Australian novelist whose life is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses. From an award-acceptance speech at a New England liberal arts college to a lecture on evil in Amsterdam and a sexually charged reading by the poet Robert Duncan, the author draws the reader toward its astonishing conclusion. The novel is, on its surface, the story of a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling.

Age of Iron by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
82 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 2,065 libraries worldwide
Mrs. Cullen, the narrator in this novel, is an elderly white woman dying of cancer in a country afflicted with its own mortal sickness.

Diary of a bad year by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
59 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 1,963 libraries worldwide
At the center of the book is Senor C, an aging author who has been asked to write his thoughts on the state of the world by his German publisher. These thoughts, called "Strong Opinions," address a wide range of subjects and include a scathing indictment of George W. Bush, Dick Chaney, and Tony Blair, as well as a witheringly honest examination of everything from Machiavelli and the current state of the university to music, literature, and intelligent design, offering unexpected perceptions and insightful arguments along the way.

Foe by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
99 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in 23 languages and held by 1,809 libraries worldwide
While marooned on an island in the Atlantic, Sue Barton finds herself a character in a fiction novel. She spends a year with two other castaways, a mute Negro called Friday and Robinson Cruso.

Boyhood : scenes from provincial life by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
115 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 1,533 libraries worldwide
Coetzee shares his boyhood north of Cape Town, South Africa, including his relationship with his parents, his first encounters with literature, his awakening of sexual desire, his growing awareness of apartheid, and his abiding love of the veld.

Youth by J. M Coetzee ( Book )
81 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 1,528 libraries worldwide
Hoping to escape his South African home, dysfunctional family, and what he believes to be an impending revolution, a young man becomes disappointed with his monotonous new life in London and begins a dark pilgrimage.