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With the same electrical intensity of language and insight that he brought to * [Waiting for the Barbarians]( "Waiting for the Barbarians") *, J.M. Coetzee reinvents the story of [Robinson Crusoe]( "Robinson Crusoe")—and in so doing, directs our attention to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itselfIn 1720 the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe is approached by Susan Barton, lately a castaway on a desert island. She wants him to tell her story, and that of the enigmatic man who has become her rescuer, companion, master and sometimes lover: Cruso. Cruso is dead, and his manservant, Friday, is incapable of speech. As she tries to relate the truth about him, the ambitious Barton cannot help turning Cruso into her invention. For as narrated by Foe—as by Coetzee himself—the stories we thought we knew acquire depths that are at once treacherous, elegant, and unexpectedly moving.~from the back coverAuszeichnung : isbn searchedwords : 45624

Author

Coetzee, J. M.

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9788439729624

Subjects

Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.44 / 5 (5,867 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14