January / Coetzee : Slow Man

papayahed · 01-01-2008, 08:07 PM

In January we will be reading Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee

Quote:

John Maxwell "J.M." Coetzee (IPA: /kʊtˈsiː/ or Afrikaans IPA: [kutˈsiˑe]) (born 9 February 1940) is an author and academic from South Africa (now an Australian citizen living in South Australia). A novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, Coetzee won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maxwell_Coetzee

hellsapoppin · 01-01-2008, 10:37 PM

Sounds good! I just ordered it and will have to have a late start in my reading and in adding to the discussion.

thelastmelon · 01-02-2008, 05:43 AM

Yay!

I am currently reading another book and will have another book to read for school, but since it's my nomination that won, I will absolutely do my best to read this with you. I'll go buy it later this week!

Niamh · 01-02-2008, 10:15 AM

Okay, i've ordered my copy. should be here in a few days.

kratsayra · 01-03-2008, 07:17 PM

bought my copy today. of course there's a billion other things I'm supposed to be reading and trying to finish, but book club books are just better cause you're reading with other people.

papayahed · 01-03-2008, 07:52 PM

I just picked up the book today, I've read the first page, so far so good.

thelastmelon · 01-04-2008, 05:51 AM

I'll finish Kafka on the Shore today (not too much left) and then I'll start on Slow Man. I went to the library two days ago and picked it up there. Can't afford to buy a lot of books right now, unfortunately.

Niamh · 01-04-2008, 06:35 AM

I recon mine will be here by monday. Ordered it from Amazon before checking if we ad it in work!

hellsapoppin · 01-04-2008, 05:39 PM

Aha! I just got my copy and eagerly look forward to reading it.

kratsayra · 01-06-2008, 02:27 PM

I'm still pretty early on in the book. But I didn't realize (until I started reading) that the book is actually set in Australia rather than South Africa.

So I am looking, as I read, to see if there are any elements of the book that are somehow informed by Coetzee's South African background.

Niamh · 01-06-2008, 07:42 PM

really? I was kind of hoping to read a book based in south africa.

kratsayra · 01-06-2008, 09:12 PM

Yup. That is where Coetzee lives now.

thelastmelon · 01-07-2008, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh

really? I was kind of hoping to read a book based in south africa.

It's still written by a man from South Africa and it's his way of writing, not the way of an australian to write. I still found it a good and interesting book.

Niamh · 01-07-2008, 06:49 PM

its not going to stop me from reading it and i'm sure i'll injoy it but I wanted to read something that was not only written by a south african but based there. Ah but sure.... I'm sure its going to be good!

papayahed · 01-07-2008, 07:00 PM

I'm kinda disappointed myself. But the rules are to nominate a author from that country..Maybe I'll add one of the other nominees to my reading list.

View Poll Results: Slow Man Final Verdict
* Waste of time. Wouldn't recommend it.	0	0%
** Didn't like it much.	2	18.18%
*** Average.	4	36.36%
**** It is a good book.	4	36.36%
***** Liked it very much. Would strongly recommend it.	1	9.09%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

01-02-2008, 10:15 AM	#4
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,737 Blog Entries: 142	Okay, i've ordered my copy. should be here in a few days. __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

01-03-2008, 07:52 PM	#6
papayahed Sweet Transvestite Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 12,106	I just picked up the book today, I've read the first page, so far so good. __________________ Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

01-04-2008, 06:35 AM	#8
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,737 Blog Entries: 142	I recon mine will be here by monday. Ordered it from Amazon before checking if we ad it in work! __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

01-06-2008, 07:42 PM	#11
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,737 Blog Entries: 142	really? I was kind of hoping to read a book based in south africa. __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

01-01-2008, 10:37 PM	#2
hellsapoppin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 471	Sounds good! I just ordered it and will have to have a late start in my reading and in adding to the discussion.

01-02-2008, 05:43 AM	#3
thelastmelon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sweden. Posts: 966 Blog Entries: 3	Yay! I am currently reading another book and will have another book to read for school, but since it's my nomination that won, I will absolutely do my best to read this with you. I'll go buy it later this week!

01-03-2008, 07:17 PM	#5
kratsayra africanist extroadinaire Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 398	bought my copy today. of course there's a billion other things I'm supposed to be reading and trying to finish, but book club books are just better cause you're reading with other people.

01-04-2008, 05:51 AM	#7
thelastmelon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sweden. Posts: 966 Blog Entries: 3	I'll finish Kafka on the Shore today (not too much left) and then I'll start on Slow Man. I went to the library two days ago and picked it up there. Can't afford to buy a lot of books right now, unfortunately.

01-04-2008, 05:39 PM	#9
hellsapoppin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 471	Aha! I just got my copy and eagerly look forward to reading it.

01-06-2008, 02:27 PM	#10
kratsayra africanist extroadinaire Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 398	I'm still pretty early on in the book. But I didn't realize (until I started reading) that the book is actually set in Australia rather than South Africa. So I am looking, as I read, to see if there are any elements of the book that are somehow informed by Coetzee's South African background.

01-06-2008, 09:12 PM	#12
kratsayra africanist extroadinaire Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 398	Yup. That is where Coetzee lives now.

01-07-2008, 06:49 PM	#14
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,737 Blog Entries: 142	its not going to stop me from reading it and i'm sure i'll injoy it but I wanted to read something that was not only written by a south african but based there. Ah but sure.... I'm sure its going to be good! __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

01-07-2008, 07:00 PM	#15
papayahed Sweet Transvestite Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 12,106	I'm kinda disappointed myself. But the rules are to nominate a author from that country..Maybe I'll add one of the other nominees to my reading list. __________________ Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

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