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Tag: In the Heart of the Country

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Fiction

JM Coetzee’s ‘late style’—Angelo Fick reviews The Death of Jesus, the ‘masterful, spare and beautiful’ final book of the Jesus trilogy

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020Angelo FickLeave a Comment on JM Coetzee’s ‘late style’—Angelo Fick reviews The Death of Jesus, the ‘masterful, spare and beautiful’ final book of the Jesus trilogy

There are no easy answers in JM Coetzee’s new novel The Death of Jesus, but the exploration is part of…

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Essays

Rights of Conquest, Rights of Desire: Panashe Chigumadzi considers the black female body through a return to JM Coetzee’s Disgrace

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017Panashe Chigumadzi13 Comments on Rights of Conquest, Rights of Desire: Panashe Chigumadzi considers the black female body through a return to JM Coetzee’s Disgrace

This is an an edited excerpt of a longer essay appearing in Panashe Chigumadzi’s forthcoming book, provisionally titled Beautiful Hair…

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