Diary of a Bad Year
London, Harvill Secker, 2007 (first UK edition).
Octavo, [vi], 231 pages.
Papered boards; top corners slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the excellent unclipped dustwrapper (slightly bumped at the same corners).
Signed by the author on the title page ('J.M. Coetzee | 2007'). The book is a work of fiction, with most pages divided horizontally into three sections, comprising an essay on politics and modern life by 'Señor C.', and reflections from his typist Anya (uninterested in politics) and her lover Alan (more cynical and materialistic). J.M. Coetzee is the first author to win the Booker Prize twice (in 1983 and 1999); he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
Item #146766
Price (AUD):
$220.00