Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee's 2003 novel in which an aging Australian writer lectures around the world on animals, censorship and belief.
Elizabeth Costello is a 2003 novel by the South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. Its title character, a celebrated aging Australian writer, travels the world giving lectures on topics including the lives of animals and literary censorship. She confronts her fame and struggles with questions of belief, vegetarianism, sexuality, language and evil. Olga Tokarczuk calls it a magnificent and moving novel about the ethical challenges of how humans treat animals.
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Olga Tokarczuk
A magnificent and moving discursive novel about the ethical challenges posed by our human relationship with animals.
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