Quote by: J. M. Coetzee

Everyone seems to see bleakness and despair in my books. I don't read them that way. I see myself as writing comic books, books about ordinary people trying to live ordinary, dull, happy lives while the world is falling to pieces around them.


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Author Bio


  • NameJ. M. Coetzee
  • DescriptionSouth African writer
  • BornFebruary 9, 1940
  • CountrySouth Africa
  • ProfessionLinguist; Writer; Novelist; Essayist; Translator; Librettist
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize