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J.M. Coetzee and the novel

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This book argues that the significance of Coetzee's complex and finely-nuanced fiction lies in the acuity with which it both explores and developes the tradition of the novel - ranging from Cervantes, Defoe, and Richardson, to Dostoevsky, Kafka, and Becket …

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This book argues that the significance of Coetzee's complex and finely-nuanced fiction lies in the acuity with which it both explores and developes the tradition of the novel - ranging from Cervantes, Defoe, and Richardson, to Dostoevsky, Kafka, and Becket - as part of a sustained attempt to rethink the relationship between writing and politics.

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