Rob MurdochFits and starts — Dostoevsky’s IdiotLike many an adolescent before me, I read ‘Crime and Punishment’ in my late teens. Something of a rite of passage at the time, it didn’t…Dec 19, 2023
Martyn SmithThe Putting Aside of Romanticism in J.M. Coetzee’s DisgraceJ.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace (1999) makes numerous references to Romantic literature. On the one hand that’s no surprise since the…Apr 8, 2019
novelgotWaiting for the Barbarians — CoetzeeAstoundingly original, ambitious in its themes, and deeply human in its feelings. A moral parable of the 20th century, wrapped in the…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Oviya Saraswathi CherianBook Review: Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeDisgrace follows the story of David Lurie, an ageing, white professor who falls into public disgrace after an affair with a student. He…May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
Søren SteensigThe Poison of Persistent Privilege— A Reading of J.M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace”.Jan 9, 2020Jan 9, 2020
Rob MurdochFits and starts — Dostoevsky’s IdiotLike many an adolescent before me, I read ‘Crime and Punishment’ in my late teens. Something of a rite of passage at the time, it didn’t…Dec 19, 2023
Martyn SmithThe Putting Aside of Romanticism in J.M. Coetzee’s DisgraceJ.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace (1999) makes numerous references to Romantic literature. On the one hand that’s no surprise since the…Apr 8, 2019
novelgotWaiting for the Barbarians — CoetzeeAstoundingly original, ambitious in its themes, and deeply human in its feelings. A moral parable of the 20th century, wrapped in the…Sep 22, 2020
Oviya Saraswathi CherianBook Review: Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeDisgrace follows the story of David Lurie, an ageing, white professor who falls into public disgrace after an affair with a student. He…May 21, 2020
SimayAn Examination of the ‘camps’ and the ‘pumpkins’ in The Life and Times of Michael KAs a post-colonial literary text, The Life and Times of Michael K problematize the concepts of freedom, oppression, and power through the…Jun 19, 2021
Aine McGlynnWhy I Don’t Want to Be HappyI was asked recently: “what makes you happy?” The answer did not come readily. In the last year, I have changed jobs, continents…Mar 29, 2016
