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Diary of a Bad Year

2007 book by J. M. Coetzee

Field	Value
name	Diary of a Bad Year
image	File:Diaryofabadyear.jpg
caption	First edition
author	J. M. Coetzee
country	Australia
language	English
publisher	Text Publishing
release_date	3 September 2007
media_type	Print
pages	304pp
isbn	1-921145-63-3
oclc	174094405

Diary of a Bad Year is a book by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. It was released by Text Publishing in Australia on 3 September 2007, in the United Kingdom by Harvill Secker (an imprint of Random House) on 6 September, and in the United States on 27 December.

Plot summary

The protagonist, called Señor C. by the other characters, is an ageing South African writer living in Sydney, Australia. The novel consists of his essays and musings alongside diary entries by both Señor C. and Anya, a neighbour whom he has hired as a typist. The essays, which take up the larger part of each page, are on wide-ranging topics, including the politics of George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Guantánamo Bay, and terrorism. The diary entries appear beneath the essays and describe the relationship that develops between the two characters, a relationship that ultimately leads to subtle evolutions in both their worldviews.

Awards and nominations

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: shortlisted
The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2008: shortlisted
Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2008: shortlisted
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2008: shortlisted
Australia-Asia Literary Award, 2008: longlisted

Extracts

Reviews

References

[http://www.dca.wa.gov.au/programs/arts_cultural_dev/western_australian_premiers_australia-asia_literary_award Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008] {{webarchive. link. (20 November 2008)

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