J.M. Coetzee
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J. M. Coetzee, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2003, is currently Visiting Professor of Humanities at the University of Adelaide. His latest novel, Diary of a Bad Year, was published in December. (March 2008)
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March 6, 2008: Look Homeward, Angel
Lost Paradise by Cees Nooteboom, translated from the Dutch by Susan Massotty
July 19, 2007: Diary of a Bad Year
February 15, 2007: Portrait of the Monster as a Young Artist
The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
October 19, 2006: The Poet in the Tower
Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin, translated from the German by Michael Hamburger
February 23, 2006: Sleeping Beauty
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
September 22, 2005: Love and Walt Whitman
Memoranda During the War by Walt Whitman, edited by Peter Coviello
Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition by Walt Whitman, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Leaves of Grass: 150th Anniversary Edition by Walt Whitman, edited and with an afterword by David S. Reynolds
Walt Whitman by David S. Reynolds
Transatlantic Connections: Whitman US, Whitman UK by M. Wynn Thomas
To Walt Whitman, America by Kenneth M. Price
April 7, 2005: The Making of William Faulkner
One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner by Jay Parini
November 18, 2004: What Philip Knew
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
May 27, 2004: Bellow's Gift
Novels, 1944–53 by Saul Bellow
January 15, 2004: As a Woman Grows Older
November 20, 2003: Basho (poem)
October 23, 2003: Awakening
The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
Loot and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer
June 12, 2003: Victims
Crabwalk by Günter Grass, translated from the German by Krishna Winston
February 27, 2003: Sweet Persuasions of the Dark
Regions of the Great Heresy: Bruno Schulz, A Biographical Portrait by Jerzy Ficowski, translated from the Polish and edited by Theodosia Robertson
October 24, 2002: Heir of a Dark History
After Nature by W.G. Sebald, translated from the German by Michael Hamburger
September 26, 2002: The Genius of Trieste
As a Man Grows Older by Italo Svevo, translated from the Italian by Beryl de Zoete, with an introduction by James Lasdun
Emilio's Carnival by Italo Svevo, translated from the Italian by Beth Archer Brombert, with an introduction by Victor Brombert
Memoir of Italo Svevo by Livia Veneziani Svevo, translated from the Italian by Isabel Quigly
Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo, translated from the Italian and with an introduction by William Weaver, and a prefaceby Elizabeth Hardwick
February 28, 2002: Emperor of Nostalgia
The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth translated from the German and with an introduction by Michael Hofmann
December 20, 2001: Dupe of History
Embers by Sándor Márai,translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Das Vermächtnis der Eszter(Eszter's Legacy) by Sándor Márai,translated by Christina Viragh
Land, Land! Erinnerungen(Land, Land: A Memoir) by Sándor Márai, translated by Hans Skirecki
Bekenntnisse eines Bürgers: Erinnerungen (Confessions of a Bourgeois: A Memoir) by Sándor Márai, translated by Hans Skirecki
Memoir of Hungary, 1944–1948 by Sándor Márai, translated by Albert Tezla
Der Wind kommt vom Westen: Amerikanische Reisebilder(The Wind Comes from the West) by Sándor Márai, translated by Artur Saternus
November 1, 2001: The Razor's Edge
Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul
July 5, 2001: In the Midst of Losses
Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew John Felstiner
Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan translated from the German by John Felstiner
Glottal Stop: 101 Poems Paul Celan, translated from the German by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh
Threadsuns Paul Celan, translated from the German by Pierre Joris
Breathturn Paul Celan, translated from the German by Pierre Joris
January 11, 2001: The Marvels of Walter Benjamin
Selected Writings, Volume 1: 1913-1926 Edmund Jephcott, Harry Zohn, and others. by Walter Benjamin, edited by Marcus Bullock, edited by Michael W. Jennings. Translated from the German by Rodney Livingstone, Stanley Corngold,
Selected Writings,Volume 2: 1927-1934 by Walter Benjamin, edited by Michael W. Jennings, edited by Howard Eiland, edited by Gary Smith. Translated from the German by Rodney Livingstone and others.
The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin, Translated from the German and French by Howard Eiland, by Kevin McLaughlin
November 2, 2000: The Genius of Robert Walser
The Robber by Robert Walser, Translated from the German and with an introduction by Susan Bernofsky
Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser, Translated from the German and with an introduction by Christopher Middleton
May 25, 2000: Messages & Silence
Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
Diamond Dust by Anita Desai
December 2, 1999: Going All the Way
Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation by William H. Gass
September 23, 1999: Against the South African Grain
Dog Heart: A Memoir by Breyten Breytenbach
March 18, 1999: The Man with Many Qualities
Diaries 1899-1941 by Robert Musil, selected, translated, annotated, and with a preface by Philip Payne, edited and with an introduction Mark Mirsky
October 22, 1998: Borges's Dark Mirror
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley
May 14, 1998: Kafka: Translators on Trial
The Castle by Franz Kafka, translated by Harman Mark
March 5, 1998: 'Whither Dost Thou Hasten?'
Panther in the Basement by Amos Oz, translated by Nicholas de Lange
The Iron Tracks by Aharon Appelfeld, translated by Jeffrey M. Green
November 6, 1997: What We Like to Forget
The Nature of Blood by Caryl Phillips
July 17, 1997: Blowing Hot and Cold
In the Dutch Mountains by Cees Nooteboom, translated by Adrienne Dixon
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain by Cees Nooteboom, by Ina Rilke
March 6, 1997: Their Man On Earth
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch, translated by Paul Vincent
October 3, 1996: Only in Amerika
The Bride of Texas by Josef Skvorecky, translated by Káca Polácková Henley
Headed for the Blues: A Memoir by Josef Skvorecky, translated by Káca Polácková Henley
June 6, 1996: En Route to the Catastrophe
Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt
March 21, 1996: Palimpsest Regained
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
February 1, 1996: Speaking for Language
On Grief and Reason: Essays by Joseph Brodsky
March 2, 1995: The Artist at High Tide
Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871 by Joseph Frank
December 22, 1994: The Heart of Me
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 by Doris Lessing
September 22, 1994: Fabulous Fabulist
The Harafish by Naguib Mahfouz, translated by Catherine Cobham
Midaq Alley translated by Trevor Le Gassick
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk translated by William M. Hutchins, translated by Olive E. Kenny
Palace of Desire translated by William M. Hutchins, translated by Lorne M. Kenny, translated by Olive E. Kenny
Sugar Street translated by William M. Hutchins, translated by Angele B. Samaan
The Beginning and the End translated by Ramses Awad
Children of Gebelawi translated by Philip Stewart
The Thief and the Dogs translated by Trevor Le Gassick, translated by M.M. Badawi
Adrift on the Nile translated by Frances Liardet
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma translated by Denys Johnson-Davies
December 2, 1993: Resisters
In No Uncertain Terms: A South African Memoir by Helen Suzman, foreword by Nelson Mandela
Return to Paradise by Breyten Breytenbach
January 14, 1993: A Betrayed People
Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People by Noël Mostert
April 12, 1990: Help Salman Rushdie! (letter)
December 18, 1986: On the Edge of Revelation
Five Women by Robert Musil, translated by Eithne Wilkins, by Ernst Kaiser, preface by Frank Kermode
May 8, 1986: Waiting for Mandela
Nelson Mandela: The Man and the Movement by Mary Benson, foreword by Bishop Desmond M. Tutu
Part of My Soul Went With Him by Winnie Mandela, edited by Anne Benjamin, adapted by Mary Benson
Winnie Mandela by Nancy Harrison
Dispensations: The Future of South Africa as South Africans See It by Richard John Neuhaus
January 16, 1986: The Taming of D. H. Lawrence
Flame Into Being: The Life and Work of D. H. Lawrence by Anthony Burgess
D. H. Lawrence: Life into Art by Keith Sagar
Class, Politics and the Individual: A Study of the Major Works of D. H. Lawrence by Peter Scheckner
D. H. Lawrence: A Centenary Consideration edited by Peter Balbert, edited by Phillip L. Marcus
The White Peacock by D. H. Lawrence, edited by Andrew Robertson
The Prussian Officer and Other Stories by D. H. Lawrence, edited by John Worthen
Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays by D. H. Lawrence, edited by Bruce Steele
Letters, Volume III by D. H. Lawrence, edited by James T. Boulton, by Andrew Robertson
October 24, 1985: Satyagraha in Durban
A Revolutionary Woman by Sheila Fugard
Books by J.M. Coetzee
Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (2002)
The Novel in Africa (1999)
Disgrace (1999)
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (1997)
Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship (1996)
The Master of Petersburg (1994)
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews (1992)
Age of Iron (1990)
White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988)
Foe (1986)
Life & Times of Michael K (1983)
Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)
In the Heart of the Country (1977)
Dusklands (1974)