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Without question the best informed book on Coetzee's oeuvre, J. M. Coetzee: Truth, Meaning, Fiction approaches Coetzee in the newest and most revolutionary light, blending philosophy, archives and manuscripts, ethology, and epistemology. A genuine theoretical and critical coup, this is a brilliant volume that is also an audacious theory of knowledge. * Bruno Clement, Emeritus Professor at Universite Paris 8, France, and former President of the College international de philosophie *

Without question the best informed book on Coetzee's oeuvre, J. M. Coetzee: Truth, Meaning, Fiction approaches Coetzee in the newest and most revolutionary light, blending philosophy, archives and manuscripts, ethology, and epistemology. A genuine theoretical and critical coup, this is a brilliant volume that is also an audacious theory of knowledge. * Bruno Clement, Emeritus Professor at Universite Paris 8, France, and former President of the College international de philosophie * In this courageous study, Anthony Uhlmann deftly engages the formidable genius of J. M. Coetzee, tracing the paths of truth in fiction through the demonstration of the veridical power of emotion and imagination in literature. This erudite work is an exemplar of provocative thinking in and through fiction. * Moira Gatens, Challis Professor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Australia * In this courageous study, Anthony Uhlmann deftly engages the formidable genius of J. M. Coetzee, tracing the paths of truth in fiction through the demonstration of the veridical power of emotion and imagination in literature. This erudite work is an exemplar of provocative thinking in and through fiction. * Moira Gatens, Challis Professor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Australia *

Without question the best informed book on Coetzee's oeuvre, J. M. Coetzee: Truth, Meaning, Fiction approaches Coetzee in the newest and most revolutionary light, blending philosophy, archives and manuscripts, ethology, and epistemology. A genuine theoretical and critical coup, this is a brilliant volume that is also an audacious theory of knowledge. * Bruno Clement, Emeritus Professor at Universite Paris 8, France, and former President of the College international de philosophie * In this courageous study, Anthony Uhlmann deftly engages the formidable genius of J. M. Coetzee, tracing the paths of truth in fiction through the demonstration of the veridical power of emotion and imagination in literature. This erudite work is an exemplar of provocative thinking in and through fiction. * Moira Gatens, Challis Professor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Australia *

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Anthony Uhlmann is Director of the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the author of three books, including Samuel Beckett and the Philosophical Image (2006) and Thinking in Literature (Bloomsbury, 2011). He was shortlisted for the Australian University Heads of English Prize for Literary Scholarship for 2020.

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