Name: Dusklands
ISBN: 9781922268082

J. M. Coetzee

As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee’s revered works, this second instalment of four titles–with introductions from top emerging and established writers–will win over a new generation of Coetzee readers.

Dusklands

Two stories deal with an investigation into psychological warfare in Vietnam and an eighteenth-century conflict between Dutch settlers in southern Africa and the native Hottentots.

heleen de boever

Obviously I quite like reading the thoughts of delusional men. 
I liked the first novella better than the second, but it was nevertheless interesting to establish connections between the two stories.

'Its unflinching sense of loss, its claustrophobic acknowledgement of the unwilling interdependence of master and slave, and its subtle prose-style, make it an extraordinary achievement' Guardian

Dusklands

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