Slow Man
de Coetzee, J. M
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670034592
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034598
- Librería
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Viking; Penguin, 2005. 265 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. "When photographer Paul Rayment loses his leg in a bicycle accident, his solitary life is irrevocably changed whether he likes it or not. Stubbornly refusing a prosthesis, Paul returns to his bachelor's apartment in Adelaide, Australia, uncomfortable with his new dependency on others. He is given to bouts of hopelessness and resignation as he looks back on his sixty years of life, but his spirits are lifted when he finds himself falling in love with Marijana, his practical, down-to-earth Croatian nurse who is struggling to raise her family in a foreign land. As Paul contemplates how to win her heart, he is visited by the mysterious writer Elizabeth Costello, who challenges Paul to take an active role in his own life. In this new book, Coetzee offers a profound meditation on what makes us human, on what it means to grow older and reflect on how we have lived our lives. Like all great works of literature, Slow Man is a novel that asks questions but rarely provides answers; it is a portrait of a man in search of truth. Paul Rayment's accident changes his perspective on life, and as a result, he begins to address the kinds of universal concerns that define us all: What does it mean to do good? What in our lives is ultimately meaningful? Is it more important for one to feel loved or cared for? How do we define the place that we call 'home'? In his clear and uncompromising voice, Coetzee struggles with these issues, and the result is a deeply moving story about love and mortality that dazzles the reader on every page. / J. M. Coetzee has won many literary awards, including three CNA prizes (South Africas premier literary award), two Booker prizes, the Prix Femina tranger, the Jerusalem Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
Sinopsis
Slow Man is a 2005 novel by South African/Australian author J. M. Coetzee, and concerns a man who must learn to adapt after losing a leg in a road accident. The novel has many varied themes, including the nature of care, the relationship between an author and his characters, and man's drive to leave a legacy. It is Coetzee's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
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- Librería
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 080506
- Título
- Slow Man
- Autor
- Coetzee, J. M
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670034592
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034598
- Editorial
- Viking; Penguin
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Palabras clave
- COLLECTIBLE
- Catálogos del vendedor
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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