About this title: 'A small miracle of a book ...of marvellous intricacy and overwhelming power' - "The Washington Post", Book World. Coetzee reinvents the story of "Robinson Crusoe", directing our attention to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itself.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 24 Sep 1987 1986
ISBN-13:9780140096231ISBN:014009623X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140096231ISBN:014009623X
Description: Published by Penguin in 1987. Paperback. Number of pages: 160. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: First Penguin Edition. Different cover from illustration.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140096231ISBN:014009623X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Reprint. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. King Penguin. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 25/02/1988
ISBN-13:9780140110326ISBN:0140110321
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780670813988ISBN:0670813982
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140096231ISBN:014009623X
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"Plain an almost dull on the surface, by the end you realize it's a beautiful tangle of practically all the important late-twentieth century literary themes in just about 150 pages. And that's not even getting into the whole South African thing. This is a great book, especially for a book club, which is why I read it (for work). We read Robinson Crusoe just before, so that makes this book even crazier. Good stuff."
"This one was on my Daughter's reading list for a novel course. They're reading it as a companion piece to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. You might think this is the Mrs. Cruso's story (didn't know there was another person on that island, heh?) or you might think it is the Mrs. de Foe story ... it's an interesting text and a quick read."
"David warned me that I wouldn't like this book and I should have listened, but I wanted a short book for a train ride. Coetzee has an interesting premise, imagining if a lone woman had washed up on Robinson Crusoe's island, and then hired Daniel Defoe to write her story. But he sacrifices character and narrative to his ideas, making the book (for me at least) boring and overly intellectual."
"Foe is a book that has flourished in the musty halls of English Literature Buildings but has little appeal to the rest of the world. The first fifty pages were quite good, but then the story devolves into a confusing and unsatisfying character study. At points I felt like I was reading one of the lengthy rants from an Ayn Rand book where you just tune out.
I certainly respect the opinions of others who found brilliance in this book, but I don't share their view."
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