“So this is what it is to be a woman: to be an object of desire.”

— J. M. Coetzee

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About J. M. Coetzee

Author • South African

J. M. Coetzee is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, and academic who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His works often explore themes of apartheid, colonialism, and the complexities of...

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