J.M. Coetzee and the life of writing: face to face with time

Preface: the Coetzee papers

An alphabet of trees: autobiography

the uses of impersonality

Recusant Afrikaners: identity drift

1 January 1970: the beginning

Dusklands

Karoo: the beloved landscape

Life & times of Michael K, In the heart of the country

'The burning of the books': censorship in the life of writing

Writing revolution

Waiting for the barbarians

Suburban bandit: Michael K as outlaw

Crusoe, Defoe, Friday

Foe

Mother

Age of iron

Father

Summertime

The shot tower

The master of Petersburg

Migrations: irreconcilable lives

Elizabeth Costello, Disgrace

The third stage: Australia

Slow man, Diary of a bad year, The childhood of Jesus.