"A striking portrait of two great friends . . . the result of Auster and Coetzee's exchange is nothing short of witty, sharp and thought-provoking, and offers a fascinating look into the minds of two of the twentieth century's greatest writers."--Malibu Magazine
Praise for J. M. Coetzee

"Many, this reviewer among them, would consider [Coetzee] the greatest living novelist in English."--The New York Times Book Review"Coetzee may turn out to be one of the last great novelists, exalted by the intensity of his self-awareness and his willingness to make his home in a spiritual and intellectual impasse of which few of his contemporaries were even aware."--The Nation

"South Africa's most brilliant novelist . . . challenges us to doubt our preconceived notions not only of love but of truth itself."--The Seattle Times

"Coetzee's signature brilliance . . . A mixture of penetrating insight and brittle wit that forces our attention on common terrors we don't want to think about."--The Washington Post


Praise for Paul Auster

"A writer of lean, genre-tinged novels whose unaffected prose belies their philosophical complexity . . . He's also one of our most playful novelists, a lover of narrative labyrinths on par with Borges, to whom he has often been compared."--The Washington Post"Paul Auster is one of those sages with confounding talent--confounding for one because he's simply that good. . . . He belongs among Vonnegut, Roth, and DeLillo."--The Daily Beast