Diary of a Bad Year
Melbourne, Text Publishing, 2007 (first edition).
Octavo, [iv], 182 pages.
Papered boards; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper (with a minute nick to the front top edge).
Signed by the author on the title page ('J.M. Coetzee | 2007'). This Australian edition precedes the UK and US releases. 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 #146767
Price (AUD):
$250.00