{"product_id":"the-nobel-lecture-in-literature-2003-isbn-9780143034537","title":"The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful collector's edition of J. M. Coetzee's Nobel Prize lecture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his acceptance speech for the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, J. M. Coetzee delivered an intriguing and enigmatic short story, \"He and His Man.\" The story features Robinson Crusoe, long after his return from the island, reflecting on death and spectacle, writing and allegory, solitude and sociability, as he searches his mind for some true understanding of the \"man\" who writes of and for him. In the spare and powerful prose for which Coetzee is renowned, \u003ci\u003eThe Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative testament to the uncompromising vision of one of the world's most profound writers.\u003cb\u003ePraise for J. M. Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilisation\" \u003cb\u003e-- The Swedish Academy (Nobel Citation)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"On behalf of the South African nation, and indeed the continent of Africa, we salute our latest Nobel laureate and bask with him in the glory radiating from this recognition.\" --\u003cb\u003e Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa \u003c\/b\u003eBorn in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include \u003cb\u003eDusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/b\u003e, which won South Africa’s highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the \u003cb\u003eLife and Times of Michael K\u003c\/b\u003e., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, \u003cb\u003eBoyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life\u003c\/b\u003e, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The \u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize for \u003cb\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/b\u003e, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302210359525,"sku":"NP9780143034537","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143034537.jpg?v=1767740739","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-nobel-lecture-in-literature-2003-isbn-9780143034537","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}