Elizabeth Costello

J. M. Coetzee · 2003 CE · Novel · South African · Contemporary

An ageing Australian novelist travels to lecture on animals, evil, realism and belief, and each address brings her against the people and institutions that host her. Eight chapters, most of which began as lectures, make up a loosely connected life. The book is a deliberate blend of fiction and essay and a borderline case for a narrative archive, held for its frame story of Costello herself.

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