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The Pole and Other Stories
Published 4 July 2023
ISBN 9781922790354
Format Hardback
Extent 176pp
AU Price $34.99
NZ Price $40.00

The Pole and Other Stories

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4 July 2023
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4 July 2023
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Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee reaffirms his place as one of the English language’s most acclaimed authors with this fascinating examination of life, death and animals.

These six stories by Nobel Prize-winner J. M. Coetzee show us, once more, a writer confronting moral and emotional quandaries, often with wry humour. In the lead story, ‘The Pole’, concert pianist Witold attempts to play out a romantic fantasy with local music devotee Beatriz. In person and in their correspondence, he is persistent, she resistant, but curious. It doesn’t end quite as she might have imagined.

The redoubtable character of Elizabeth Costello appears in four stories, engaging in
philosophical discussions about death, motherhood and ethics with her adult children, in particular her son John.

The Pole and Other Stories will make you think differently about life, death and animals.
Published 4 July 2023
ISBN 9781922790354
Format Hardback
Extent 176pp
AU Price $34.99
NZ Price $40.00

About the author

J. M. Coetzee

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 and Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg,Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year. He lives in Adelaide.
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Also by J. M. Coetzee

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Stranger Shores
Summertime
Youth
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