Elizabeth Costello
by J. M. Coetzee
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Author: J. M. CoetzeeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-26
ISBN: 0142004812
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Kafka, vegetarianism, Hitler, death
Summary: 5 Stars
Coetzee is without a doubt one of the most brilliant living writers in the English language; "Elizabeth Costello" extends his canon further into greatness, by way of Franz Kafka and intense mortal introspection. The book appears on the surface to be a curious sort of "autobiography" - the central character is a famous writer who left Africa for Australia, who doesn't like the public but adores Kafka, but is female, is a creative spent force and has a nun for a sister. "Elizabeth Costello" starts as a mixture of near travelogue and vegetarian didactism, moves ever closer to death through Kafka, with asides on evil, ending curiously in pure Kafka. On balance I found this a depressing book, albeit beautifully written.
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