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This book is the latest novel by Nobel Prize winner Coetzee and the final chapter of the "Jesus Trilogy" series. The protagonist of "The Death of Jesus" is still the young David. In this book, David is ten years old and plays football with his friends every week. They had no equipment or rules: sometimes there were thirty people on the court, sometimes just five. The director of a nearby orphanage invited them to form a team to compete against the boarding school team. They may enjoy measuring themselves against a real team. Do your best and make everything win. David chose to leave his home and live with the team. Soon, however, he falls victim to a mysterious illness. And all kinds of people around David began to commemorate him in different ways after his death. Everyone has their own understanding of David and their own opinions...

This is a strange and mysterious story. A lonely man, a genius child, traveled across the ocean to a strange country. Their memories were erased, their identities were tampered with, and they formed a "coupled family" with another unrelated woman to start a new life. The novel contains comedic surprises and shocks, and the narrative texture is still Coetzee-like and dense, including multiple themes such as metaphysics, ethics, sociology, and pedagogy that "new life" refers to.

"The Country of Strangers" selects 26 literary reviews written by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, between 1986 and 1999. It is the author's first collection of literary reviews. In the first chapter, Coetzee asks the question "What is a classic?" And looks for the answer in the works and views of Eliot, Bach and Herbert. He then conducted in-depth discussions on literary masters of the 18th and 19th centuries such as Defoe, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky, as well as modernist German writers such as Rilke, Kafka, and Musil. At the same time, it also analyzes 20th century literary giants such as Borges, Brodsky, Gordimer, Oz, Rushdie, and Lessing. Coetzee's literary criticism has a more historical feel than other criticisms.

"Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons" takes the fictional Australian writer and elderly Elizabeth Costello as the protagonist. In the form of "Eight Lessons", it records the speeches she gave when she gave speeches, participated in conferences, accepted interviews, and visited relatives and friends around the world, as well as the conversations and debates she had with others. The book not only discusses serious issues such as realism, humanities, and animal rights, but also intersperses Costello's life memories and interactions with others, vividly portraying the image of such a writer with a withdrawn personality, harsh words, and clear opinions. This novel adopts an experimental writing method. Faced with such a novel text, readers may wish to follow Coetzee's characters to experience the desolate state of mind - when the protagonist is dealing with the world, you can almost discover the spiritual trap of current life.

For decades, the Sheriff has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a small frontier fortress and turning a blind eye to the coming war with the barbarians. However, when the interrogation expert arrived, he witnessed the cruel and unfair treatment of prisoners of war by the empire. He developed sympathy for the victims, so he committed an incredible act of rebellion, and even more unexpectedly, it made him an enemy of the country and changed his destiny. ... "Waiting for the Barbarians" is one of Coetzee's masterpieces and has been adapted into movies, stage plays and even operas. This book was selected into the "20th Century Literature Excellence" book series by Penguin Books.

"The Life and Times of Michael K" is a Booker Prize-winning novel, the highest award for English literature. In war-torn South Africa, Michael K embarks on a journey to take his sick mother back to her home in the countryside. Halfway through, his mother died, leaving Michael K alone in this chaotic world, surrounded by brutal and roaming armies. Michael K was imprisoned, but he could not accept the imprisonment and was determined to live with dignity, so he escaped. This life-affirming novel goes to the heart of the human experience: the need for an inner, spiritual life, the need to find connection with the world we live in, and the need to maintain a pure perspective.

One of the masterpieces of South African writer John Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature. "Shame" is a very readable novel with rich layers of content and implications. Fifty-two-year-old Professor David Lurie is divorced; he is full of desire but lacks passion. After an affair with a student leaves him unemployed, he is shunned by his friends and ridiculed by his ex-wife, forcing him to retreat to his daughter Lucy's small estate. Professor Lurie's brief visit turns into a long stay as he tries to find meaning in his only remaining relationship with others. However, an unimaginable violent incident forces the father and daughter to face their conflicts as well as the complex racial situation in the new South African society. The novel reflects South Africa's social contradictions and past racial conflicts, and touches on contemporary attitudes towards romantic passion and ethics.