This is the first book to focus entirely on the under-researched but crucial topic of women in the work of J. M. Coetzee, generally regarded as one of the worldâs most significant living writers. The fourteen essays in this collection raise the central issue of how Coetzeeâs texts address the âwoman questionâ. There is a focus on Coetzeeâs representation of women, engagement with women writers and the ethics of what has been termed his âventriloquismâ of womenâs voices in his fiction and autobiographical writings, right up to his most recent novel, The Schooldays of Jesus. As such, this collection makes important links between the disciplines of literary and gender studies. It includes essays by well-known Coetzee scholars as well as by emerging scholars from around the world, providing fascinating and timely global insights into how his works are read from differing cultural and scholarly perspectives.
