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Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.<br> <br> J. M. Coetzee presents a coherent, unorthodox analysis of censorship from the perspective of one who has lived and worked under its shadow. The essays collected here attempt to understand the passion that plays itself out in acts of silencing and censoring. He argues that a destructive dynamic of belligerence and escalation tends to overtake the rivals in any field ruled by censorship.<br> <br> From Osip Mandelstam commanded to compose an od
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- Author
- Coetzee, J. M.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226111742
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, Reference, Sociology
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (86 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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