{"product_id":"9780143114482","title":"Diary of a Bad Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Bad Year\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the world of politics—a new topic for Coetzee—and explores the role of the writer in our times with an extraordinary moral compass. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Coetzee's latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available from Viking. \u003ci\u003eLate Essays: 2006-2016\u003c\/i\u003e will be available January 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Bad Year\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, a response to the present in which I find myself. Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a series of essays entitled Strong Opinions, of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them both especially when Alan, Anya's no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor C's bank account. Told in these three voices simultaneously, Coetzee has created any entirely new way of telling a story, and nothing less than an involving, argumentative, moving novel (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022148616432,"sku":"9780143114482","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143114482_p0.jpg?v=1763657199","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143114482","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}