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Scenes from Provincial Life

Boyhood, Youth, Summertime

Boyhood, Youth, Summertime

By J. M. Coetzee

By J. M. Coetzee

By J. M. Coetzee

By J. M. Coetzee

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    About Scenes from Provincial Life

    The Nobel Prize–winning author’s brilliant trilogy of fictionalized memoirs—now available in one volume for the first time.

    J.M. Coetzee’s latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. 

    Few writers have won as much critical acclaim and as many admirers in the literary world as J. M. Coetzee. Yet the celebrated author rarely spoke of himself until the 1997 arrival of Boyhood, a masterly and evocative tale of a young writer’s beginnings. Continuing with the fiercely tender Youth and the innovative Summertime, Scenes from Provincial Life is a heartbreaking and often very funny portrait of the artist by one of the world’s greatest writers.

    About Scenes from Provincial Life

    The Nobel Prize–winning author’s brilliant trilogy of fictionalized memoirs—now available in one volume for the first time.

    J.M. Coetzee’s latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. 

    Few writers have won as much critical acclaim and as many admirers in the literary world as J. M. Coetzee. Yet the celebrated author rarely spoke of himself until the 1997 arrival of Boyhood, a masterly and evocative tale of a young writer’s beginnings. Continuing with the fiercely tender Youth and the innovative Summertime, Scenes from Provincial Life is a heartbreaking and often very funny portrait of the artist by one of the world’s greatest writers.

    Also by J. M. Coetzee

    The Death of Jesus
    Late Essays
    The Schooldays of Jesus
    The Good Story
    The Childhood of Jesus
    See all books by J. M. Coetzee

    Also by J. M. Coetzee

    The Death of Jesus
    Late Essays
    The Schooldays of Jesus
    The Good Story
    The Childhood of Jesus
    See all books by J. M. Coetzee

    About J. M. Coetzee

    Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, J. M. Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a PhD degree in literature. In 1972, he returned to South Africa… More about J. M. Coetzee

    About J. M. Coetzee

    Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, J. M. Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a PhD degree in literature. In 1972, he returned to South Africa… More about J. M. Coetzee

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $22.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 24, 2012 | 496 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780142422557

    Category: Literary Fiction | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $16.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 24, 2012 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9781101615539

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    Praise

    “Many, this reviewer among them, would consider [Coetzee] the greatest living novelist in English.” — The New York Times Book Review

    “It’s a mark of Mr. Coetzee’s power as a storyteller that he makes a compelling, indeed, racing, narrative out of these hidden wheels within wheels.” — The New York Times

    “South Africa’s most brilliant novelist . . . challenges us to doubt our preconceived notions not only of love but of truth itself.” — The Seattle times

    “Coetzee portrays his younger self as scrawny and pretentious, but even if this insistent humility is just another form of self-aggrandizement, the result is enthralling” — Entertainment Weekly (an A rating)

    "A delight to read: It will make you angry, amused, scornful and sympathetic by turns.” — San Francisco Chronicle

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