关于作者约翰·马克斯韦尔·库切(John Maxwell Coetzee),南非白人小说家、文学评论家、翻译家,大学教授,是第一位两度获得英国文学最高奖——布克奖的作家,于2003年获得诺贝尔文学奖,是非洲第五位、南非第三位诺贝尔文学奖得主,他被评论界认为是当代南非最重要的作家之一。库切的作品主要描写的是种族隔离下的人们的生活状态,结构精致,对话隽永,思辨深邃。 About the author John Maxwell Coetzee, a South African white novelist, literary critic, translator and university professor, was the first writer to win twice as the highest award for British literature, the Booker Prize, He was the fifth Nobel Prize laureate in Africa in 2003 and the third Nobel Prize laureate in South Africa. He is regarded by critics as one of the most important writers in contemporary South Africa. Coetzee’s works mainly describe the living conditions of people under segregation, delicate structure, meaningful dialogue, profound speculative thinking.