Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Pole

J.M. Coetzee
3.67/5 (2144 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability of human relationships―from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Disgrace . Exacting yet maddeningly unpredictable, J. M. Coetzee’s The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, “extravagantly white-haired” Polish pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into the world of the journeyman performer. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband’s summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though, it seems, only on her terms. The power struggle between them intensifies― Is it Beatriz who limits their passion by controlling her emotions? Or is it Wittold, trying to force into life his dream of love? Evocative of Joyce’s “The Dead,” The Pole is a haunting work, evoking the “inexhaustible palette of sensations, from blind love to compassion” ( El País ) typical of Coetzee’s finest novels.
Format:
Pages:
166 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1324093862
ISBN13:
9781324093862
kindle Asin:
B0BWL68F6D

The Pole

J.M. Coetzee
3.67/5 (2144 ratings)
Read Download
A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability of human relationships―from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Disgrace . Exacting yet maddeningly unpredictable, J. M. Coetzee’s The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, “extravagantly white-haired” Polish pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into the world of the journeyman performer. As he sends her letters, extends countless invitations to travel, and even visits her husband’s summer home in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms, though, it seems, only on her terms. The power struggle between them intensifies― Is it Beatriz who limits their passion by controlling her emotions? Or is it Wittold, trying to force into life his dream of love? Evocative of Joyce’s “The Dead,” The Pole is a haunting work, evoking the “inexhaustible palette of sensations, from blind love to compassion” ( El País ) typical of Coetzee’s finest novels.
Format:
Pages:
166 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1324093862
ISBN13:
9781324093862
kindle Asin:
B0BWL68F6D

More Books

Ikke mennesker jeg kan regne med

Kyrre Andreassen

Vi er brødrene Eikemo

Marit Eikemo

Sameproblemet

Kathrine Nedrejord

Lorden

Tore Renberg

Σου γράφω από την κοιλιά του κτήνους

Minos Efstathiadis

Margaret, er du i sorg

Maria Kjos Fonn

Baumgartner

Paul Auster

Sirenene

Tormod Haugland

Bloddråpetall

Ingrid Storholmen

Makten og æren

Henrik H. Langeland

Ordene, eller Ewa Lisas forsøk på å skrive en selvbiografi

Mari Nilsen

Under brosteinen, stranden!

Johan Harstad