
The Pole and Other Stories
by J.M. Coetzee
Title:
The Pole and Other Stories
Author:
J.M. Coetzee
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
272 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781529920635
EAN:
9781529920635
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
312
Dimensions (mm):
127 x 197 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold''s infatuation with Beatriz will change them both.A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year'Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction' ObserverAfter his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz – white-haired virtuoso, controversial interpreter of Chopin – becomes infatuated with Beatriz, his designated companion at dinner. Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, is at first unmoved. But as the stranger's letters, music, and poetry flood into her home, a dream of love begins that surprises them both.'One of the world's most original writers… He is still breaking new ground at the same time as revealing a funny side' i'His prose, apparently simple, is so perfected at every turn that it is moving to read, line after line' Sunday Times




















