Tag: Coetzee

  • Too Old (or Too Comfortable) for Romantic Love

    Too Old (or Too Comfortable) for Romantic Love

    About two months ago I picked up J.M. Coetzee’s The Pole — a compact story of late life romantic love. I enjoyed it so much I immediately went on to Waiting for the Barbarians and then Disgrace. You know you’ve enjoyed a story when, after finishing, you immediately find another by the same author. But that second book can be…