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SLOW MAN.

by Coetzee, J. M

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ISBN 10
0670031305
ISBN 13
9780670031306
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New York:: The Viking Press,, (2008.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of soiling to front of textblock and the white dj.). First US printing. An unusual novel by this two-time Booker Prize winning writer and Nobel laureate. "When photographer Paul Raymont loses his leg in a bicycle accident his solitary life is irrevocably changed." 263 pp.

Synopsis

Slow Man is a 2005 novel by South African/Australian author J. M. Coetzee, and concerns a man who must learn to adapt after losing a leg in a road accident. The novel has many varied themes, including the nature of care, the relationship between an author and his characters, and man's drive to leave a legacy. It is Coetzee's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

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Title
SLOW MAN.
Author
Coetzee, J. M
Format/Binding
Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition
Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of soiling to front of textblock and the white dj.)
Jacket Condition
near fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0670031305
ISBN 13
9780670031306
Publisher
The Viking Press,
Place of Publication
New York:
Date Published
(2008.)
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