- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0142004812
- ISBN-13: 978-0142004814
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
-
Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#496,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #94 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > African > Central & South African
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome,
By Sancho Mahle (Charlotte, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elizabeth Costello (Paperback)
In Elizabeth Costello, we find Coetzee confronting some of the fundamental structures of the society we have known for so long, forcing the reader to think and have an insight into life. This thought-provoking novel which is actually a collection of essays with some having been published before as lectures, is a deep but entertaining book. Coetzee uses Costello Elizabeth as a fictional character to put forward these essays and uses other characters as critics to create a dialectical outlook for the book. It is this approach that I think made this book so unique. A reader is forced to think beyond his beliefs. And in so doing, the reader is forced to evolve. I recommend this book along with The Usurper and Other Stories, Nervous Conditions to any curious mind.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perceptions Change From Generation To Generation,
By
This review is from: Elizabeth Costello (Paperback)
Coetzee's novel illustrates that literature, like history, is based on perception as events and ideas are interpreted differently from generation to generation. Elizabeth Costello nears the climax of her professional life and wonders if she will remain relevant in future generations. The novel explores how having different perceptions of literature and history allows ideas to live on rather than lose significance. An individual's life is much more fragile as it involves the struggle to look beyond the mundane to find meaning, which implies that things are never stable as other people will inherit perceptions only to change them.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent novel of ideas,
This review is from: Elizabeth Costello (Hardcover)
The fact that some of the sections of this novel have been published as lectures takes nothing away from the grand ideas of this book. Though not easy entertainment, yes, one must think a little when reading, this book is still very very entertaining. A writer must evolve, change, do what he or she wishes to do which is exactly what it seems Coetzee has done with Elizabeth Costello.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
