num_pages: 264
description: J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,  The Schooldays of Jesus , is now available from Viking.  Late 2006-2016  will be available January 2018. J. M. Coetzee, one of the greatest living writers in the English language, has crafted a deeply moving tale of love and mortality in his new book, Slow Man . When photographer Paul Rayment loses his leg in a bicycle accident, he is forced to reexamine how he has lived his life. Through Paul's story, Coetzee addresses questions that define us What does it mean to do good? What in our lives is ultimately meaningful? How do we define the place we call "home"? In his clear and uncompromising voice, Coetzee struggles with these issues and offers a story that will dazzle the reader on every page.
language: English
title: Slow Man
titlecomplete: Slow Man
characters: Marijana Jokic, Elizabeth Costello, Paul Rayment
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Australia, 21st Century, Nobel Prize, South Africa, Fiction, Africa, Contemporary
ratings_count: 8857
places: Australia
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Penguin Books