Dr Jarad Zimbler has edited The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee, published by Cambridge University Press.
Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee is amongst the most acclaimed and widely studied of contemporary authors. The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee provides a compelling introduction for new readers, as well as fresh perspectives and provocations for those long familiar with Coetzee's works.
Coetzee's novels and autobiographical fictions are discussed at length, and there is extensive treatment of his translations, scholarly books and essays, and volumes of correspondence. Confronting Coetzee's works on the grounds of his practice, the chapters address his craft, his literary relations and horizons, and the relationship between his writings and other arts, disciplines and institutions.
Written by an international team of contributors, this Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to this important writer, establishes new avenues of discovery, and explains Coetzee's undiminished ability to challenge and surprise his readers with inventive works of striking power and intensity.
Jarad Zimbler is a Senior Lecturer and former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow in the Department of English Literature.
He works on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century literatures in English, with a focus on decolonization and the Cold War. His book, J. M. Coetzee and the Politics of Style (Cambridge University Press, 2014), was short-listed for the University English Book Prize 2015.