Articles related to "J M Coetzee"

'Disgrace' is not just a political allegory of racial tension in post-apartheid South Africa; it is also a poignant study of the limitations of language and love.

The main character, based on author J.M. Coetzee, writes a series of scathing political essays for a German publisher while entertaining feelings for his young typist

Slow Man, by South African native and Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee, is a dreamy meditation on a life fundamentally changed by a devastating accident.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is one of the biggest awards in the literary world - who is in the running for this year's title?

The Man Booker Prize is awarded each October for the best original novel written in English by a citizen of the British Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic or Ireland

Its origins are a mystery, but what is certain is that it was first planted in Mâconnais in France in the village of Chardonnay, from where it spread to the New World.

The Man Booker Prize 2009 Shortlist has just been announced. Find out who the six finalists are and what this prestigious literary prize is all about.

Hot, dry conditions coupled with gale force winds challenged the cross country masters athletes at the World Masters Games Athletics in Parramatta Park.

The world's second most distinguished literary prize after the Nobel Prize in Literature is given by the University of Oklahoma.

A former world heavy weight boxing champion, Johansson passed away on the 30th January. The colourful man became the first European to win the crown in 25 years.

Authors such as Orhan Pamuk, Doris Lessing, Gunter Grass, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Pearl Buck, William Butler Yeats, and Boris Pasternak are recognized.

The grassland of the Mpumalanga Highland, offers the tourist historical sites, waterfalls, mountain ranges, trout lodges and holiday resorts to suit any budget

Technological advances, globalisation, and the rise of religious extremism threaten our freedom of expression.