J.M. Coetzee

Dominic Head's study examines the novels of J. M. Coetzee through three linked concerns: how postmodern technique meets postcolonial experience, how fiction handles the past, and how a writer can hold political convictions while keeping faith with the form of the novel. Head suits both newcomers and readers who already know Coetzee's work. He argues that Coetzee's response to the difficulties facing a postcolonial writer draws strength from a broad literary inheritance.