Coetzee, J.M. *1940
Youth, 2002 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- This is a semi-fictionalized autobiographical novel recounting Coetzee's struggles in 1960s London after fleeing the political unrest of Cape Town.
- Full title: Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II
- Information from Wikipedia
- Reviews
- Review by David Sorfa, Liverpool John Moores University. "Coetzee's Youth seems to illuminate little, consume itself, and yet provides a joyous spectacle of destruction that should be celebrated rather than interrogated."
- Review by Magdalena Ball. "The story is tortuous because it reminds its readers of something that seems to go hand and hand with youth – the desire for glory, for greatness, for artistic achievement and admiration without the tedious work of application." Compulsive Reader; March 29, 2004
- Review. "As a novel Youth fails on almost all counts – the central character is a boring prig, obnoxious towards the women in his life, snobbish towards almost everyone he meets, and a terrible poet." The Reading Bug; May 16, 2021
- Articles
- A psyche dissected, a youth exposed!: "A near perfect dissection of a human psyche." April 28, 2004
- Portrait of the artist as a callow youth: "Youth, which seems very much a portrait of the artist as a young man. Tenderness and heart and passion... these sometimes contradictory qualities are what its narrator, "John", hopes for." The Guardian; May 4, 2002