Coetzee has been reluctant to talk about himself. Now, revisiting the South Africa of a half century ago, he writes about his childhood and his own interior life. Boyhood's young narrator grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he did not respect, ..
In an engaging work of intricate metafiction, South African novelist J.M. Coetzee recreates the classic story of castaways Robinson Crusoe and Friday through two other voices, each with their own motives. Susan Barton washes onshore "Cruso" and Friday’s island, interrupting their pattern of survival..