How easy it is to love a child, how hard to love what a chi… - J. M. Coetzee

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How easy it is to love a child, how hard to love what a child turns into!

J. M. Coetzee
Age of Iron

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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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