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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2020

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Jarad Zimbler
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J. M. Coetzee is the author of fourteen novels, three autobiographical fictions, and several volumes of translations, critical essays, correspondence, and short stories. Born in 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa, and resident there throughout his childhood and for much of his adult life, he has lived since 2002 in Adelaide, Australia.

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The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee , pp. 1 - 12
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Jarad Zimbler, University of Birmingham
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee
  • Online publication: 26 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623087.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Jarad Zimbler, University of Birmingham
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee
  • Online publication: 26 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623087.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Jarad Zimbler, University of Birmingham
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee
  • Online publication: 26 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623087.002
Available formats
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