Paul Auster is the bestselling author of "The New York Trilogy" and
many other critically acclaimed novels. He was awarded the Prince
of Asturias Prize in 2006. His work has been translated into more
than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
J. M. Coetzee is the author of twenty books, which have been
translated into many languages. He is the first author to be
awarded the Booker Prize twice: first for "Life & Times of Michael
K" and then for" Disgrace." In 2003 he was awarded the Nobel Prize
in Literature. A native of South Africa, he now lives in Australia.
"[A] civilized discourse between two cultivated and sophisticated
men...A pleasure to be in their company."--Michael Dirda, "The
Washington Post."
"These two famous writers might seem at first an unlikely
pairing...[but] as a series of collaborative inquiries and an
extended meditation on the processes of friendship, the book has
something substantive to offer."--"The New York Times Book
Review"
""Here and Now" is akin to eavesdropping on a dazzling, extended
dinner conversation between two intelligent and substantive
minds... A very appealing, human portrait of these two
writers."--"Bookpage "
"A genial, often riveting exchange. Amiable and revealing missives
from two remarkable minds."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"What keeps us reading is not the brilliance of the minds - though
that feature is generously on offer as well - but the warmth,
unpretentiousness, and honesty that emerges from these pages...An
invigorating and deeply engaging look at two literary greats, as
we've never seen them before."--"thestar.com"
"A striking portrait of two great friends...the result of Auster
and Coetzee's exchange is nothing short of witty, sharp and
thought-provoking, and offers a fascinating look into the minds of
two of the 20th century's greatest writers."--"Malibu Magazine"
Praise for J. M. Coetzee
"Many, this reviewer among them, would consider [Coetzee] the
greatest living novelist in English." --"The New York Times Book
Review"
"Coetzee may turn out to be one of the last great novelists,
exalted by the intensity of his self-awareness and his willingness
to make his home in a spiritual and intellectual impasse of which
few of his contemporaries were even aware."--"The Nation
""South Africa's most brilliant novelist . . . challenges us to
doubt our preconceived notions not only of love but of truth
itself." --"The Seattle Times
""Coetzee's signature brilliance...A mixture of penetrating insight
and brittle wit that forces our attention on common terrors we
don't want to think about."--"The Washington Post
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Praise for Paul Auster
"A writer of lean, genre-tinged novels whose unaffected prose
belies their philosophical complexity....He's also one of our most
playful novelists, a lover of narrative labyrinths on par with
Borges, to whom he has often been compared."--"The Washington
Post"
"Paul Auster is one of those sages with confounding
talent--confounding for one because he's simply "that good... "He
belongs among Vonnegut, Roth, and DeLillo."--"The Daily Beast"
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