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Three Stories by J. M. Coetzee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Three Stories about?

A man contemplates his deep connection to a house. The unfathomable idea of threshing wheat points to a life lost. And a writer ponders the creation of his narrator. Three Stories —'His Man and He', written as Coetzee's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 'A House in Spain' and 'Nietverloren'—is the work of a master at his peak. These are stories that embody the essence of our existence. J.M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. His work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, Disgrace, Diary of a Bad Year and most recently, The Childhood of Jesus . He lives in Adelaide. 'All [the stories are] impeccably crafted and a joy to read, with the book itself beautifully presented in duck egg blue and inlaid gold too.' New Daily 'For all the sharpness and sorrow of Coetzee's writing, there is something grandly calming about his style: his sentences seem to give off light, and not in a hard dazzle, but in the glow of a child's night-light.' Age/Sydney Morning Herald 'Coetzee's strength as a writer is such that each of the stories is engagi

Who reads Three Stories?

Author

J. M. Coetzee

Publisher

The Text Publishing Company

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781922182562

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

3.68 / 5 (289 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14