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The Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee review – if this is his final book, it is a great one

The Nobel laureate’s new collection of stories is concerned with death, desire and old age, glinting with flashes of humour and grand, existential strangeness

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023

In J.M. Coetzee's latest story collection, questions of the soul become urgent as the body becomes frail

Devotees of J.M. Coetzee’s writing will be delighted at the publication of The Pole and Other Stories. What may be surprising to some about this collection is that the stories have all appeared before in some form – but not always in English.

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023