The Pole and Other Stories
J.m. Coetzee
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Description for The Pole and Other Stories
Paperback.
A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winner
The Pole tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert.
Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband's summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though only on her terms.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781787304062
SKU
9781787304062
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Ref
99-1
About J.m. Coetzee
J.M. Coetzee's work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
Reviews for The Pole and Other Stories
If The Pole and Other Stories were his [Coetzee's] final work, it would be astonishing... Beneath plain-spoken surfaces unexpected depths are often revealed, glinting with flashes of playful seriousness, humour, and grand, existential strangeness
Guardian
These stories are… touched with a moral intensity… striking
Literary Review
The Pole…confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of ... Read more
Guardian
These stories are… touched with a moral intensity… striking
Literary Review
The Pole…confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of ... Read more