J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

"Hugely impressive-Coetzee never puts a foot wrong" Daily Mail "Anyone interested in the power of fiction to move us and extend our sense of life should get hold of this book" Spectator "An intense and deep book" Guardian "A stunning account of the relation of writers and events-A harsh and eloquent critique of the human condition. It is also a subtle, powerful, superbly written personal testament. The bleakness of vision is tempered only by the certainty that life can be material for art. This is art. The case is proven" Sunday Times "Both a gripping mystery and a meditation on the relationship between art and life" BBC History Magazine

J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

"Hugely impressive-Coetzee never puts a foot wrong" Daily Mail "Anyone interested in the power of fiction to move us and extend our sense of life should get hold of this book" Spectator "An intense and deep book" Guardian "A stunning account of the relation of writers and events-A harsh and eloquent critique of the human condition. It is also a subtle, powerful, superbly written personal testament. The bleakness of vision is tempered only by the certainty that life can be material for art. This is art. The case is proven" Sunday Times "Both a gripping mystery and a meditation on the relationship between art and life" BBC History Magazine

J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of Jesus and The Death of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

"Hugely impressive-Coetzee never puts a foot wrong" Daily Mail "Anyone interested in the power of fiction to move us and extend our sense of life should get hold of this book" Spectator "An intense and deep book" Guardian "A stunning account of the relation of writers and events-A harsh and eloquent critique of the human condition. It is also a subtle, powerful, superbly written personal testament. The bleakness of vision is tempered only by the certainty that life can be material for art. This is art. The case is proven" Sunday Times "Both a gripping mystery and a meditation on the relationship between art and life" BBC History Magazine