内容简介
Asearingportraitofayoungcolonialinearly1960sLondonfromthetwo-timewinneroftheBookerPrize.Setagainstthebackgroundofthe1960s-Sharpeville,theCubanmissilecrisis,VietnamYouthisaremarkableportraitofaconsciousness,isolated
作者简介
J.M.Coetzee'sfullnameisJohnMichaelCoetzee.BorninCapeTown,SouthAfrica,in1940,Coetzeeisawriterandcriticwhousesthepoliticalsituationinhishomelandasabackdropformanyofhisnovels.Coetzeepublishedhisfirstworkoffiction,Dusklands,in1974.Anotherbook,Boyhood,looselychroniclesanunhappytimeinCoetzee'schildhoodwhenhisfamilymovedfromCapeTowntothemoreremoteandunenlightenedcityofWorcester.OtherCoetzeenovelsareIntheHeartoftheCountryandWaitingfortheBarbarians.Coetzee'scriticalworksincludeWhiteWritingandGivingOffense:EssaysonCensorship.Coetzeeisatwo-timerecipientoftheBookerPrizeandin2003,hewontheNobelLiteratureAward.
