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Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for? - J. M. Coetzee
" "Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?
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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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