The philosopher Edward Said wrote that “Late style is what happens when art does not abdicate its rights in favour of reality”. Coetzee’s recently published novella The Pole, a masterpiece-in-miniature where nearly every page contains counter-intuitive truth-telling about mortality, language, ‘anti-nationalism’ and the frequently cruel nature of the artistic enterprise. Divided into six chapters, the narrative follows the inception, conclusion …
London CNN — Each year, millions of visitors to Poland are introduced to the country’s favorite son before they even set foot on its soil. “What is obvious in his letters that there is love written to his male friends – most passionately to Titus Woyciechowski,” Weber said, referring to the Polish activist and longtime friend of Chopin’s. “He’s admired, …
