Has anyone met him or got him to sign their book? He’s one of the best living authors today

>>24548308 (OP)
My friend's father met him at a dinner party. In attendance were six Dutch and South African newspaper editors and their partners. He said Coetzee did not say a single word the whole time and fixed his eyes upon his plate yet hardly touched his food and that he seemed highly skilled at making himself invisible. Now living in Australia, he is by all accounts a recluse.

>>24548308 (OP)
And this quote has been written in a hundred thousand middle school diaries in combinations of words no less artful. His writing does contain a certain courage but by no means is he a great writer by global standards.

>>24548308 (OP)
That quote is from God of War. And not the good one either. The new one.

To this day Coetzee's Disgrace is the only book that I threw at the wall in visceral anger. It made me furious just how big piece of shit was the main character.

>>24548845
Yes it's an ugly book. Ugly enough to be worthwhile. But it brought no particular insight and I'll never read it again.

This is my favourite of his. Would recommend to anyone with wanderlust or hermitic aspirations.

>>24548871
Really enjoyed this. Surprised it’s not more popular in places like this

>>24548877
His earlier works are far superior in my view. Later he became overjaded and I suppose this is inevitable for a life of words and words and words

>>24548308 (OP)
He's good, but how honest is he about Africa?

>>24548914
Africa is a big place. Coetzee writes about South Africa's Cape, his characters largely of European descent, and his views much a product of just-pre and just-post Apartheid. In this small corner of a big country in a massive continent, most agree he is honest.

>>24548914
I would incline to trust /pol/ infographics over the subjective claims of someone who was born and grew up in Africa and lived there for decades

>>24548921
>/pol/ infographics
>not subjective

>>24548845
>how big piece of shit was the main character.
why?

>>24548856
I enjoyed the movie and the book. Don't know what you guys have against it

>>24548845
Always unpleasant to catch our reflection when we weren't expecting it

>>24548927
Methinks that anon is being ironic.