#jmcoetzee — Public Fediverse posts

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/nobel-laureates-call-iran-release-gravely-ill-activist-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi #Iran #HumanRights #Protest #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #NobelPeacePrize #HumanRights #Prisons #JmCoetzee #AnnieErnaux

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/nobel-laureates-call-iran-release-gravely-ill-activist-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi #Iran #HumanRights #Protest #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #NobelPeacePrize #HumanRights #Prisons #JmCoetzee #AnnieErnaux

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/nobel-laureates-call-iran-release-gravely-ill-activist-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi #Iran #HumanRights #Protest #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #NobelPeacePrize #HumanRights #Prisons #JmCoetzee #AnnieErnaux

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/nobel-laureates-call-iran-release-gravely-ill-activist-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi #Iran #HumanRights #Protest #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #NobelPeacePrize #HumanRights #Prisons #JmCoetzee #AnnieErnaux

https://www.europesays.com/si/86351/ Nobelovec Coetzee zaradi “genocidne kampanje v Gazi” zavrnil vabilo na izraelski literarni festival #Bojkot #Entertainment #Gaza #JMCoetzee #SI #Slovene #Slovenia #Slovenija #Slovenščina #Zabava

JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/07/jm-coetzee-declines-jerusalem-writers-festival-israels-genocidal-campaign-gaza-ntwnfb #JmCoetzee #Books #Israel #Culture #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Palestine #IsraelgazaWar

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's screenplay sequel to the original 1968 film!)

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #jmcoetzee #givingoffense #thetrialsofbrotherjero #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #we #boum #thejellyfish #pierreboulle #planetoftheapes #planetofthemen

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's screenplay sequel to the original 1968 film!)

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #jmcoetzee #givingoffense #thetrialsofbrotherjero #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #we #boum #thejellyfish #pierreboulle #planetoftheapes #planetofthemen

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's screenplay sequel to the original 1968 film!)

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #jmcoetzee #givingoffense #thetrialsofbrotherjero #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #we #boum #thejellyfish #pierreboulle #planetoftheapes #planetofthemen

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's screenplay sequel to the original 1968 film!)

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #jmcoetzee #givingoffense #thetrialsofbrotherjero #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #we #boum #thejellyfish #pierreboulle #planetoftheapes #planetofthemen

#FinishedReading this novella by #JMCoetzee about an imperial outpost that falls under paranoia about barbarian invasion, torturing and attacking the people beyond its gates. It would have been easy to write the main character as a straightforward hero in his attempts to restrain his own empire's brutality, but Coetzee does not let the 'friendly' face of empire off so easily. The intersection of colonial and sexual politics makes for pretty uncomfortable reading, in particular the protagonist's failure to understand the unnamed barbarian woman he 'saves' as an actual person. #Bookstodon @bookstodon

‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/09/11-nobel-laureates-keir-starmer-alaa-abd-el-fattah-egyptian-activist #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #KazuoIshiguro #OlgaTokarczuk #AnnieErnaux #JMCoetzee #Worldnews #Culture #Africa #Books #Egypt

Making my way gradually through Coetzee's work. "As a poisonous toad is not poison to itself, so one soon develops a hard skin against one's own honesty."

#books #reading #JMCoetzee #literature #metaphor

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝐛𝐲 𝐉. 𝐌. 𝐂𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐞 -

Coetzee is a helluva fiction writer, but here is a collection of his more academic work, critical essays on writers like Rilke, Kafka, Borges, Rushdie, Mahfouz, and other heavy hitters of literature. Since he is one of only a few writers who I am a completist for, I expect this will be an amazing exploration!

#jmcoetzee #strangershores #criticism #dostoevsky #DorisLessing #NadineGordimer

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #jmcoetzee #strangershores #cathyndavidson #thirtysixviewsofmountfuji #machadodeassis #theposthumousmemoirsofbrascubas #carmengimenezsmith #berecorder #bryanmagee #thetristanchord #danielmendelsohn #anodyssey #nikos_kazantzakis #theodysseyamodernsequel #garthennis #preacherman

https://buff.ly/47cBX8r

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #jmcoetzee #strangershores #cathyndavidson #thirtysixviewsofmountfuji #machadodeassis #theposthumousmemoirsofbrascubas #carmengimenezsmith #berecorder #bryanmagee #thetristanchord #danielmendelsohn #anodyssey #nikos_kazantzakis #theodysseyamodernsequel #garthennis #preacherman

https://buff.ly/47cBX8r

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #jmcoetzee #strangershores #cathyndavidson #thirtysixviewsofmountfuji #machadodeassis #theposthumousmemoirsofbrascubas #carmengimenezsmith #berecorder #bryanmagee #thetristanchord #danielmendelsohn #anodyssey #nikos_kazantzakis #theodysseyamodernsequel #garthennis #preacherman

https://buff.ly/47cBX8r

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #jmcoetzee #strangershores #cathyndavidson #thirtysixviewsofmountfuji #machadodeassis #theposthumousmemoirsofbrascubas #carmengimenezsmith #berecorder #bryanmagee #thetristanchord #danielmendelsohn #anodyssey #nikos_kazantzakis #theodysseyamodernsequel #garthennis #preacherman

https://buff.ly/47cBX8r

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #harukimurakami #blindwillowsleepingwoman #jmcoetzee #strangershores #cathyndavidson #thirtysixviewsofmountfuji #machadodeassis #theposthumousmemoirsofbrascubas #carmengimenezsmith #berecorder #bryanmagee #thetristanchord #danielmendelsohn #anodyssey #nikos_kazantzakis #theodysseyamodernsequel #garthennis #preacherman

https://buff.ly/47cBX8r

Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the
@Thebookerprizes TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003
@nobelprize for Fiction! 🎂

#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature

Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the
@Thebookerprizes TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003
@nobelprize for Fiction! 🎂

#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature

Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the
@Thebookerprizes TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003
@nobelprize for Fiction! 🎂

#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature

Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the
@Thebookerprizes TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003
@nobelprize for Fiction! 🎂

#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature

Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the
@Thebookerprizes TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003
@nobelprize for Fiction! 🎂

#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature

#FT: Best Fiction of 2023

#LydiaDavis / #DeborahLevy / #JMCoetzee / #EmmaCline / #ZadieSmith / ...

https://www.yearendlists.com/2023/financial-times-best-fiction-of-2023

"Afrikaans is like a ghostly envelope that accompanies him everywhere"

BOYHOOD by J.M. Coetzee has some lovely linguistic detail

#books #reading #JMCoetzee #Afrikaans #language #LanguageLearning

The Pole by J.M. Coetzee

Synopsis:
"One of Vanity Fair's "Best Books of the Fall"

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace, a psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about love and the mutability of human relationships.Coetzee here challenges us to interrogate our preconceptions not only of love, but of truth itself."

#JMCoetzee #Literature #Writers #BlackMastodon #Book #Library #Teachers #ThePole #African #Academia #Fiction