J. M. Coetzee »

Examines Coetzee's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to the definition of postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Preface; List of abbreviations; Chronology;
1. The writer's place: Coetzee and postcolonial literature;
2. Writing violence: Dusklands;
3. The wrong kind of love: In the Heart of the Country;
4. An ethical awakening: Waiting for the Barbarians;
5. Gardening as resistance: Life and Times of Michael K;
6. The maze of doubting: Foe;
7. A true confession: Age of Iron;
8. Producing the demon: The Master of Petersburg; Notes; Bibliography; Index.