List of Works
Coetzee's published work consists of fiction, fictionalised autobiographies (which he terms "autrebiography"), and non-fiction.
Fiction
- Dusklands (1974) ISBN 0-14-024177-9
- In the Heart of the Country (1977) ISBN 0-14-006228-9
- Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) ISBN 0-14-006110-X
- Life & Times of Michael K (1983) ISBN 0-14-007448-1
- Foe (1986) ISBN 0-14-009623-X
- Age of Iron (1990) ISBN 0-14-027565-7
- The Master of Petersburg (1994) ISBN 0-14-023810-7
- The Lives of Animals (1999) ISBN 0-691-07089-X
- Disgrace (1999) ISBN 978-0-14-311528-1
- Elizabeth Costello (2003) ISBN 0-670-03130-5
- Slow Man (2005) ISBN 0-670-03459-2
- Diary of a Bad Year (2007) ISBN 1-84655-120-X
- The Childhood of Jesus (forthcoming, March 2013) ISBN 978-1846557262
Fictionalised autobiography
- Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (1997) ISBN 0-14-026566-X
- Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (2002) ISBN 0-670-03102-X
- Summertime (2009) ISBN 1-84655-318-0
- Scenes from Provincial Life (2011) ISBN 1-84655-485-3. An edited single volume of Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II, and Summertime.
Non-fiction
- White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988) ISBN 0-300-03974-3
- Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews (1992) ISBN 0-674-21518-4
- Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship (1996), University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-11176-8
- Stranger Shores: Literary Essays, 1986–1999 (2002) ISBN 0-14-200137-6
- Inner Workings: Literary Essays, 2000–2005 (2007) ISBN 0-09-950614-9
- Here and Now: Letters, 2008–2011 (2013) A forthcoming collection of letters exchanged with Paul Auster.
Translations and introductions
- A Posthumous Confession by Marcellus Emants (Boston: Twayne, 1976 & London: Quartet, 1986) Translated by J. M. Coetzee.
- The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenström (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1983 & London: Faber, 1984) Translated by J. M. Coetzee.
- Landscape with Rowers: Poetry from the Netherlands Translated and Introduced by J. M. Coetzee (2004) ISBN 0-691-12385-3
- Introduction to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Oxford World's Classics) ISBN 0-19-210033-5
- Introduction to Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (Penguin Classics) ISBN 0-14-243797-2
- Introduction to Dangling Man by Saul Bellow (Penguin Classics) ISBN 0-14-303987-3
- Introduction to The Vivisector by Patrick White (Penguin, 1999) ISBN 0-14-310567-1
- Introduction to The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil (Penguin Classics, 2001) ISBN 978-0-14-218000-6
- Introduction to Samuel Beckett: The Grove Centenary Edition vol. IV by Samuel Beckett, edited by Paul Auster (New York: Grove Press, 2006) ISBN 0-8021-1820-8
Book reviews
- Coetzee, J. M. (30 April 2009). "The Making of Samuel Beckett". The New York Review of Books 56 (7): 13–16. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22612. –
Film and TV adaptations
- Dust (1985), based on In the Heart of the Country
- The Lives of Animals (2002)
- Disgrace (2008)
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