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‘Yes, I am giving him up’: Sacrificial responsibility and likeness with dogs in JM Coetzee's recent fiction 1

2002; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/18125441.2002.9709639

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Lucy Valerie Graham,

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Coetzee's recent fiction presents a vision of the world in the absence of grace, where the only possibility for ethical action may be through non-violent `felt contact' with fellow creatures.