by J. M. Coetzee · Random House Uk Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099498087
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«Slow Man» is the novel by J. M. Coetzee, published by Random House UK Ltd in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Paul Rayment loses a leg in a bicycle accident and his life changes completely. His nurse, Marijana, cares for him closely, but the arrival of the writer Elizabeth Costello disrupts his routine and his feelings. The novel explores suffering, care, and how the stories we tell can remake a life.
The author, J. M. Coetzee, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2005 and was a finalist for the Dublin Literary Award in 2007.
Readers of contemporary fiction and literary narrative looking for stories about old age, dependence, and care.
John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.
