Swann Andersen Huge fleets of sentient trader

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Coetzee's latest work of fiction offers us a profound and delicate vision of literary celebrity

one of fiction's truly great adventurers

Something happened to her years ago

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Swann Andersen Huge fleets of sentient traderSwann is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband hacks her to pieces. Who is Mary Swann? And how could she have produced these works of genius in almost complete isolation? Mysteriously, all traces of Swann's existence her notebook, the first draft of her work, even her photograph gradually vanish as the characters in