He And His Man, The 2003 Nobel Lecture In Literature - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Coetzee, J. M.

ISBN 10: 0143034537 / ISBN 13: 9780143034537

Published by Penguin Books, New York, 2004

About this Item

A stunning first US edition/first printing in unblemished Very Fine condition. Bound in beige cloth with embossed black lettering and design. SIGNED by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee directly on the title page; Nobel Prize Laureate John Maxwell Coetzee's "Lecture and Speech of Acceptance Upon the Award of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Delivered in Stockholm in December 2003"; 12mo ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 15081

Bibliographic Details

Title: He And His Man, The 2003 Nobel Lecture In ...

Publisher: Penguin Books, New York

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine+

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

A beautiful collector's edition of J. M. Coetzee's Nobel Prize lecture

In his acceptance speech for the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, J. M. Coetzee delivered an intriguing and enigmatic short story, "He and His Man." The story features Robinson Crusoe, long after his return from the island, reflecting on death and spectacle, writing and allegory, solitude and sociability, as he searches his mind for some true understanding of the "man" who writes of and for him. In the spare and powerful prose for which Coetzee is renowned, The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003 is a provocative testament to the uncompromising vision of one of the world's most profound writers.

About the Author:

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include Dusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians, which won South Africa’s highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the Life and Times of Michael K., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, Boyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize for Disgrace, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.