tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post4901963973264632778..comments2024-03-28T10:10:43.453+00:00Comments on ImageNations: 22. Duskland by J.M. CoetzeeImageNationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-27121548294488756582013-12-10T07:44:10.140+00:002013-12-10T07:44:10.140+00:00I think, this novel is a very important to nation ...I think, this novel is a very important to nation that experienced colonial period. I am Korean, so I try to read but too difficult. Thanks for your review.Koo jaryongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-86364972485714602032013-12-10T07:42:22.715+00:002013-12-10T07:42:22.715+00:00I think, this novel is a very important to nation ...I think, this novel is a very important to nation that experienced colonial period. I am Korean, so I try to read but too difficult. Thanks for your review.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515663288776454357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-75104889761043878832009-10-16T10:54:06.060+00:002009-10-16T10:54:06.060+00:00I believe you would like it. He writes well. I thi...I believe you would like it. He writes well. I think his later works especially Disgrace was deemed racist and that led to his leaving South Africa to Australia.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-45381744603902125742009-10-16T10:42:19.324+00:002009-10-16T10:42:19.324+00:00thanks for the review. I've never read Coetzee...thanks for the review. I've never read Coetzee but it sounds intriguing.Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-76309262631396116022009-10-15T13:46:06.319+00:002009-10-15T13:46:06.319+00:00thanks for the comments. I based the poll on novel...thanks for the comments. I based the poll on novels that have been reviewed on this blog during the quarter. Hmmm...that's the only way it could be.<br /><br />There are a lot of good novels by African writers and I hope you would love them. I would check out your picks too.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-18242345619433052772009-10-15T12:41:49.350+00:002009-10-15T12:41:49.350+00:00Nana - Thanks for this review. I have several by ...Nana - Thanks for this review. I have several by Coetzee on my list of 100 too and also A Bend in the River. Interesting comments from Stephania. I will check out Readallday's comments about Things Fall Apart since I read it recently too.<br />I like your poll you've posted, but hate to vote based only on your reviews. You have added so many new books to my to be read list, and I am grateful for that. I look forward to seeing what wins. <br />I am getting to the point where I want to dedicate my blog to primarily reading African and African American writers, but I will probably pepper that with other writers from places foreign to me. I am reading another book by Jhumpa Lahiri now and also Haitian Edwidge Danticat's book Breath, Eyes, Memory.Trixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068022347587335989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-51977634586470485152009-10-14T14:01:52.940+00:002009-10-14T14:01:52.940+00:00Hi thanks. I would search for Disgrace. It is on m...Hi thanks. I would search for Disgrace. It is on my 100 books to be read in five years. <br /><br />Hmm...did he change from the best to the worst or vice versa. I actually didn't like some of the descriptions of the Hottentots but I tried understanding this in a different way which is my opinion in the blog. <br /><br />Yes I would let you know about A Bend in the River. <br /><br />Reading a book a day...? I would check it out.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-63492122391322309642009-10-14T13:53:40.945+00:002009-10-14T13:53:40.945+00:00I'm not a big fan of Coetzee (search for "...I'm not a big fan of Coetzee (search for "Disgrace" in my blog), but I can't say anything about "Duskland" as I haven't read it.<br />Also, this book was written before the end of apartheid and the one I read after it. The end of apartheid changed everything in South Africa, even the way a writer like Coetzee describes white men and black men in Africa.<br />Let me know what you think of "A Bend in the River", I haven't read it but they say that Naipaul is very unsympathetic towards the so-called Third World. <br /><br />By the way, I've found a crazy web site: www.readallday.org<br />This blogger reads a book every day and then blogs it!!! Unbelievable! She also blogged Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart", if you're interested.Stefania - The Italian Backpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208023950547260256noreply@blogger.com