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J.M. Coetzee
August 7, 2020
MagazineLidija Haas
The Brutal World of Waiting for the Barbarians
Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance play the enforcers of empire in the film based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel.
May 18, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
The Unsuitable Passions of J.M. Coetzee
The Jesus trilogy is an ambitious, unearthly reckoning with desire and disaster.
October 6, 2015
Ratik Asokan
J.M. Coetzee's Therapy Session
What a Nobel-winning novelist and a clinical psychologist taught each other about storytelling
September 14, 2013
Jason Farago
J.M. Coetzee's Stunning New Novel Shows What Happens When a Nobel Winner Gets Really Weird
February 7, 2013
Jason Farago
J.M. Coetzee, Curator?
The gravest novelist of our time dives into art world glitz

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