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Slow Man Paperback - 2006
by J. M. Coetzee
A calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of Paul Rayment's leg. His feelings for his nurse, and for her handsome teenage son, are complicated by the sudden arrival on his doorstep of the celebrated Australian novelist Elizabeth Costello, who threatens to take over the direction of his life and the affairs of his heart.
Summary
J. M. Coetzee , one of the greatest living writers in the English language, has crafted a deeply moving tale of love and mortality in his new book, Slow Man. When photographer Paul Rayment loses his leg in a bicycle accident, he is forced to reexamine how he has lived his life. Through Paul's story, Coetzee addresses questions that define us all: What does it mean to do good? What in our lives is ultimately meaningful? How do we define the place we call "home"? In his clear and uncompromising voice, Coetzee struggles with these issues and offers a story that will dazzle the reader on every page.
First line
THE BLOW CATCHES him from the right, sharp and surprising and painful, like a bolt of electricity, lifting him up off the bicycle.
Details
- Title Slow Man
- Author J. M. Coetzee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Fifth Printing
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date September 26, 2006
- ISBN 9780143037897 / 0143037897
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Topical: Physically Challenged
- Library of Congress subjects Australia, Didactic fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050376
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
[Coetzee] has found a new access of warmth and humor, and displays a vivifying fondness for his characters. (John Banville, The New Republic)
Citations
- New York Times, 10/08/2006, Page 36
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