Author: J.M. Coetzee

Cites

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1)
  • IN: Youth (2002) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Wer den Dichter will verstehen mub in Dichters Lande gehen
    FROM: NULL, (1819), NULL, Germany
• Heraclitus (1)
  • IN: The Life and Times of Michael K. (1983) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: War is the father of all and king of all. Some he shows as gods, others as men. Some he makes slaves, and others free.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL
• Herman Kahn (1)
  • IN: Dusklands (1974) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Obviously it is difficult not to sympathize with those European and American audiences who, when shown films of fighter-bomber pilots viably exhilarated by successful napalm bombing runs on Viet-Cong targets, react with horror and disgust. Yet, it is unreasonable to expect the U.S. Government to obtain pilots who are so appalled by the damage they may be doing that they cannot carry out their missions or become excessively depressed or guilt-ridden.
    FROM: Can We Win in Vietnam?, (1968), NULL, US
• Miguel de Cervantes (1)
  • IN: The Schooldays of Jesus (2016) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Algunos dicen: Nunca segundas partes fueron buenas.
    FROM: Don Quixote II.4, (1615), Novel, Spain

Cited by

• Elif Shafak (1)
  • IN: Honour (2012) NULL, British
    EPIGRAPH: As long as he can remember he has had a sense of himself as prince of the house, and of his mother as his dubious promoter and anxious protector.
    FROM: Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, (1997), Book, South Africa
• Christopher Radmann (1)
  • IN: Held Up (2012) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Across valleys of space and time we strain ourselves to catch the pale smoke of each other's signals.
    FROM: In the Heart of the Country, (1977), Novel, South Africa
• Alex Preston (1)
  • IN: In Love and War (2014) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: ‘We live most intensely when we are falling, a truth that wrings the heart!’
    FROM: The Master of Petersburg, (1994), Novel, South Africa