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Elizabeth Costello (Revised)
Elizabeth Costello (Revised) | J M Coetzee
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Elizabeth Costello is a humane, moral, and uncompromising creation. The subject of J.M. Coetzee's latest work of fiction is an Australian writer of international renown -- fted, studied and honoured. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation and from which, it seems, she will never escape, she has reached the stage, late in life, where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. One of a new breed of intellectual nomads, her life has become a series of engagements in sterile conference rooms throughout the world -- a private consciousness obliged to reveal itself to a curious public: the presentation of a major award at an American college where she is required to deliver a lecture; a sojourn as the writer-in-residence on a cruise liner during which she encounters a fellow guest lecturer, an African poet also employed to divert the passengers. Then there is a disquieting appearance at a writers' conference in Amsterdam where she finds the subject of her talk unexpectedly among the audience. She has made her life's work the study of other people, yet now it is she who is the object of scrutiny. But, for her, what matters is the continuing search for a means of articulating her vision and the verdict of future generations. J.M. Coetzee's latest work of fiction offers us a profound and delicate vision of literary celebrity, artistry and the private life of the mind. From the Hardcover edition.
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Graywacke
Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee
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Pickpick

What to make of a novel of essays? Apparently JMC took his own published essays and their criticism (good, tough criticism) and made a novel out of it, with an afterlife confrontation added in. Of course, these are Elizabeth Costello‘s speeches in the book.

So it works and also doesn‘t. First chapter of Realism is fantastic. Later obsession with the morality on veganism was ok - but, i had trouble caring. But i still kind of liked it overall.

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Graywacke
Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee
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Still warming my cat (and vice versa). Trying out Coetzee. Lovely 1st chapter toying with perspectives on Realism.

Leftcoastzen I haven‘t read him either, looking forward to your review! A good day for cat warming!😻😁 4mo
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Shemac77
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Mehso-so

Beautifully written; just not for me.

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Shemac77
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Morning reading with coffee

Flaneurette I liked this one ages ago when I read it! 4y
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JLaurenceCohen
Elizabeth Costello | J M Coetzee

Elizabeth Costello is a philosophical novel. Each chapter revolves around a different ethical or aesthetic issue and a different relationship in the life of the title character. Elizabeth is the author of House on Eccles Street, a feminist interpretation of Joyce's Ulysses from the perspective of Molly Bloom. Elizabeth is a difficult woman with few friends, but as the novel progresses we learn about her fears and desires.

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