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Slow Man

Slow Man

J. M. Coetzee

  • awardShortlisted, Best Designed Series, Australian Book Design Awards, 2020
  • Introduction by Andrew Fuhrmann

    If none is left who will pronounce judgment on such a life, if the Great Judge of All has given up judging and withdrawn to pare his nails, then he will pronounce it himself: a wasted chance.

    When a bicycle accident causes photographer Paul Rayment to lose a leg, he must reexamine his life so far, and what remains of it. He falls in love with the nurse who tends to his needs—but the arrival of famed novelist Elizabeth Costello upends everything. Slow Man is an intricate novel about identity, memory and desire, from a contemporary master.


    J. M. Coetzee
    About the Author

    J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. His work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year. His most recent writing is a trilogy of novels: The Childhood of Jesus, The Schooldays of...

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    About the Introducer

    Andrew Fuhrmann is an Australian editor and literary critic. He is a researcher in the Digital Studio at the University of Melbourne and has taught at the Victorian College of the Arts.

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    Extent:
    288pp
    Format:
    Paperback
    Text publication date:
    1 September 2020
    ISBN:
    9781922268433
    AU Price:
    $19.99
    NZ Price:
    $24.00
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    Praise for J. M. Coetzee
    andSlow Man

    ‘Further witness to J. M. Coetzee’s achievement as one of the most intelligent and important writers writing today.’

    ‘Beautifully composed, deeply thought, wonderfully written.’

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      ISBN: 9781925923087
      1 September 2020
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