Late essays : 2006-2017

Description

"A provocative collection of 23 pieces showcases the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers, including Daniel Defoe, Samuel Beckett, Irene Nemirovsky and Goethe." Daniel Defoe, Roxana -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The scarlet letter -- Ford Madox Ford, The good soldier -- Philip Roth's tale of the plague -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The sorrows of young Werther -- Translating Hlderlin -- Heinrich von Kleist : two stories -- Robert Walser, The assistant -- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary -- Irne Nmirovsky, Jewish writer -- Juan Ramn Jimnez, Platero and I -- Antonio Di Benedetto, Zama -- Leo Tolstoy, The death of Ivan Ilyich -- On Zbigniew Herbert -- The young Samuel Beckett -- Samuel Beckett, Watt -- Samuel Beckett, Molloy -- Eight ways of looking at Samuel Beckett -- Late Patrick White -- Patrick White, The solid mandala -- The poetry of Les Murray -- Reading Gerald Murnane -- The diary of Hendrik Witbooi.