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Man of Few Words Everyone chases success, but not all of US want to be famous. South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee
Man of Few Words Everyone chases success, but not all of US want to be famous. South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee
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2013-09-24
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Man of Few Words
Everyone chases success, but not all of US want to be famous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is【C1】______for keeping himself to himself. When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him"particularly difficult to【C2】______. "
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed【C3】______by the news he won the $1.3 million prize. "It came as a complete surprise. I wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement, "he said.
His【C4】______of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10.
But despite being described as【C5】______to track down, we critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, to all English-speaking family, Coetzee【C6】______his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel" Waiting for the Barbarians". He【C7】______his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britain’s highest honour for novels. He first【C8】______in 1983 for the"Life and Times of Michael K" and his second title came in 1999 for "Disgrace".
A major theme in his work is South Africa’s former apartheid system, which divided whites from blacks.【C9】______with the problems of violence, crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid【C10】______within.
"I have always been more interested in the past than the future, "he said in a rare interview. "The past【C11】______its shadow over the present. I hope I have made one or two people think【C12】______about whether they want to forget the past completely. "
In fact this purity in his writing seems to be【C13】______in his personal life. Coetzee is a vegetarian, a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn’t drink alcohol.
But what he has【C14】______to literature, culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up. "In looking at weakness and failure in life, " the Nobel prize judging panel said, "Coetzee’s work【C15】______the divine spark in man. "
【C15】
选项
A、tells
B、says
C、informs
D、expresses
答案
D
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