He is angry at his mother for not having normal children and making them live a normal life. - J. M. Coetzee

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He is angry at his mother for not having normal children and making them live a normal life.

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About J. M. Coetzee

John Maxwell Coetzee (born 9 February 1940), often called J. M. Coetzee, is a South African-born writer and academic. A novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, Coetzee won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He now lives in Australia.

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Native Name: John Maxwell Coetzee
Alternative Names: John Coetzee J.M. Coetzee
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