April 1988 Issue [Readings] Idleness in South Africa Download PDF Adjust Share by J. M. Coetzee, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Afrikaners History Khoikhoi (African people) Race relations Social life and customs South Africa Work ethic More from J. M. Coetzee Bedside Planner From The Death of Jesus, which will be published this month by Viking. The book tells the story of Simón and Inés, the legal guardians of a young boy, David,… Lives by Omission By J. M. Coetzee, from The Good Story, out last month from Viking. The book collects a series of exchanges between Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz, a psychotherapist, on the correspondences… Alphabet Cities From Here and Now, a collection of letters exchanged by novelists J. M. Coetzee and Paul Auster between 2008 and 2011, out this month from Viking. 24 august 2009 Dear… Adjust Share