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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
I read it several years ago and I barely recall the story, with the exception of the dog brutality. Somehow, I connected it with the use of dogs during Apartheid.
How do you even begin to describe a work such as this, other than simply call it a Masterpiece!
Deceptively simple, this book's plot is: an aging professor enters into an ill-adviced relationship with one of his young students which ultimately brings him disgrace.
That's what you think you get, but what you end up getting is a deep dive into a complex mind, holding on to your der life as it navigates through dangerous terrains of passion and eros, sexuality, morality, poetry and Meaning.
This is one of those that needs multiple re-reads to fully appreciate, and that is what it will get from me.
Deceptively simple, this book's plot is: an aging professor enters into an ill-adviced relationship with one of his young students which ultimately brings him disgrace.
That's what you think you get, but what you end up getting is a deep dive into a complex mind, holding on to your der life as it navigates through dangerous terrains of passion and eros, sexuality, morality, poetry and Meaning.
This is one of those that needs multiple re-reads to fully appreciate, and that is what it will get from me.
It would be misleading to call this book beautiful. The language is almost utilitarian, and the subject matter is ugly. But there's an aesthetic satisfaction in its refusal to offer redemption by way of a moral. Coetzee pulled off a magic trick in writing a post-colonial novel without prescriptions, and in saddling the reader with all of its themes in a little more than 200 pages.
challenging
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dizem que é a sua obra-prima. Se é a “sua obra-prima”, não o posso confirmar porque ainda não li todos os seus livros. Mas que é uma obra-prima, é com toda a certeza.
Perfect book. Heavy topics, complex characters and beautiful writing.
I just picked this up from Costa, scanned it with Goodreads and gave it a chance and i don't regret choosing it.
Sometimes I can't tell if my issues with things are actually anti-issues. I do feel like I'd need to spend a lot of time thinking this one though, though.
Odd. Picked this up randomly in a house. Some parts were intriguing but tried a little too hard to be poetic
This title is on reserve at my library, and I read it in bits over the last week and a half or so while working at the circ desk. I really liked it -- on one level it's a simple tale, but it's also about (among other things) the search for meaning, approaching mortality, birth, death, sex, violence, spirit, cultural history, racial tension, generational differences, societal approval, immortality, love, justice, nature. Set in South Africa.