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From Publishers Weekly
This slim novel by the author of Waiting for the Barbarians is both a variant of Robinson Crusoe and a complex parable of art and life. PW noted that the characters' relationships are "an allegory of the evil social order that poisons the author's native South Africa."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Cast adrift by a mutinous crew, Susan Barton washes ashore on an isle of classic fiction. For the next year, Robinson Cruso sculpts the land while Friday mutely watches Susan intrude upon their loneliness. Life is mere pattern for the two unquestioning castaways, but Susan is not of their story and she pushes Cruso for rationales that don't exist in a world of imagination. Finally rescued and returned to London, Susan leads Friday to Daniel Foe, the author who will write their tale. Foe, however, sees a different story and seeks "to tell the truth in all its substance." Discovering such truth is Coetzee's aim in Foe, an intriguing novel strikingly different from his earlier works. Here he scrutinizes the gulf between a story and its telling, giving us a thought-provoking text wonderfully rich in meaning and design. Paul E. Hutchison, English Dept., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Lilting and surreal,
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This review is from: Foe (Paperback)
This slim volume was beautifully written and held a rich story. I have not read Robinson Crusoe, but I knew enough about the story to enjoy this version, that is a thoroughly engaging story, but also offers existential and linguistic food for thought. The characters are written in a dream-like way; one isn't sure of their reality or hold on reality, but as the reader, I just kept wanting to know more.I recommend this. It's lighter than Coetzee's Master of Petersburg, but it is a similar style to that book and evocative of the same emotions.
2.0 out of 5 stars
An exercise.,
By algo41 "algo41" (philadelphia, pa United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foe (Paperback)
One of those books which is more fun and rewarding to discuss than to read.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting allegory but not Coetzee's best work,
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This review is from: Foe (Paperback)
FOE is a retelling of Robinson Crusoe in a dense, moralistic tale narrated from a woman's point of view. Coetzee is not as good here as he is in Waiting for the Barbarians or The Life and Times of Michael K. This novel strikes me as an allegory of the writer's creative process: Defoe as writer (or creative vessel); The "heroine" as nurse; Friday as "dark side," resistent to communication; Crusoe as the idea that must be embellished. While I admire Coetzee's creativity and introspection, Foe is not up to Kundera's best works as far as self-referential themes are concerned. If you are a devotee of writing and the creative processes you might like this book; if not, I'd recommend you read Barbarians or Michael K.
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