Coetzee’s Disgrace Singled Out for Honor

Following a New York Times poll that named Toni Morrison’s Beloved the greatest American novel of the last 25 years, the UK’s Observer - cavilling about US literary isolationism - has played copycat. The paper’s survey of Commonwealth literature of the past quarter-century, released over the weekend, places JM Coetzee’s Disgrace in pole position.

I personally disagree with both choices - though each book would likely make respective top tens - but, for some reason, my opinion wasn’t solicited.

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One Response to “Coetzee’s Disgrace Singled Out for Honor”

  1. Holtmann Says:

    And so one is left wondering, “What books would you nominate, respectively?”

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