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'As he gets older he finds himself growing more and more crabby about language, about slack usage, falling standards. Falling in love, for instance. 'We fell in love with the house', friends of his say. How can you fall in love with a house when the house cannot love you back, he wants to reply? Once you start falling in love with objects, what will be left of real love, love as it used to be? But no one seems to care. People fall in love with tapestries, with old cars.
'A man contemplates his deep connection to a house.
'The unfathomable idea of threshing wheat points to a life lost.
'And a writer ponders the creation of his narrator.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Text Publishing
, 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A House in Spain, single work short story (p. 1-22)
- Nietverloren, single work short story (p. 25-33)
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The Nobel Lecture in Literature,
single work
essay
short story
Note: With title: He and His Man
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Coetzee and Double-Dealing
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 71)
— Review of Three Stories 2014 selected work short story -
A Pair of Ragged Claws
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 October 2014; (p. 17)
-
Coetzee and Double-Dealing
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 71)
— Review of Three Stories 2014 selected work short story -
A Pair of Ragged Claws
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 October 2014; (p. 17)
Awards
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