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Diary of a Bad Year is an utterly contemporary work of fiction from one of our greatest writers and deepest thinkers. It addresses the profound unease of countless people in democracies across the world.
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J. M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime and The Childhood of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0099516195
- ISBN 13 9780099516194
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine240
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