Slow Person

About This Novel

This book is Coetzee's first novel after winning the Nobel Prize. Sixty-year-old Raymond has been divorced for many years, has no children, and has lost contact with his relatives. He has been living in isolation and obscurity. There are not many people in this world without him. A car accident caused him to lose his right leg. "I had no family to take care of me." But he refused to install a prosthetic limb and refused to contact friends. He felt that his life as a human was over and he had become a dog. However, he fell in love with someone, and at the same time, another strange woman broke into his life. Life placed new challenges on his damaged and aging body, and he finally gave his attitude. Regarding his refusal to install prosthetic limbs, he said, "I don't want to look natural," "I want to feel natural." His attitude towards love and loneliness remains the same.

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