Diary of a Bad Year
An eminent, seventy-two-year-old Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. It is a chance to air some urgent concerns. He writes short essays on the origins of the state, on Machiavelli, on anarchism, on al Qaida, on intelligent design, on music. What, he asks, is the origin of the state and the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? How should the citizen of a modern democracy react to the state's willingness to set aside moral considerations and civil liberties in its war on terror, a war that includes the use of torture? He is troubled by Australia's complicity with America and Britain in…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84655-120-8
- EAN: 9781846551208
- Produktnummer: 8229012
- Verlag: Harvill Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 231 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.7 cm 548 g
- Gewicht: 548
Über den Autor
J.M. Coetzee's work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
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