J. M. Coetzee

'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

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.

Dusklands

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