Read from J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, "The Pole"

Happy release week to author J.M. Coetzee, whose novel The Pole came out on Tuesday.

The timing is apt, as the Booker Prize — which Coetzee won twice — revealed its shortlist in the same week. (He's also a Nobel Prize winner.)

The Pole is the story of an older pianist who becomes infatuated with a — married — patron of the arts who organized one of his concerts.

She gradually succumbs to his pursuit of her, but the question lingers: which member of the couple can be said to be in control?

Read an excerpt of The Pole at Literary Hub.

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