Diary of a Bad Year

J. M. Coetzee · 2007 CE · Novel · South African · Contemporary

Each page is split in three bands. In the upper, an ageing writer in Sydney sets out strong opinions for a German publisher; below, his diary, and below that the account of Anya, the young woman he hires to type them. The narrative runs in the lower bands, where she and her partner Alan judge the old man and his views.

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