Here and Now

Paul Auster is the New York Times bestselling author of The New York Trilogy, The Brooklyn Follies, Sunset Park, Winter Journal, and many other critically acclaimed books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

J. M. Coetzee is the first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice. The author of Disgrace and Life & Times of Michael K, among many other works, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. He lives in Adelaide, Australia.

[A] civilized discourse between two cultivated and sophisticated men A pleasure to be in their company. Michael Dirda, The Washington Post.

These two famous writers might seem at first an unlikely pairing [but] as a series of collaborative inquiries and an extended meditation on the processes of friendship, the book has something substantive to offer. The New York Times Book Review

"Here and Now is akin to eavesdropping on a dazzling, extended dinner conversation between two intelligent and substantive minds... A very appealing, human portrait of these two writers." Bookpage 


A genial, often riveting exchange. Amiable and revealing missives from two remarkable minds. Kirkus Reviews

What keeps us reading is not the brilliance of the minds though that feature is generously on offer as well but the warmth, unpretentiousness, and honesty that emerges from these pages An invigorating and deeply engaging look at two literary greats, as we ve never seen them before. thestar.com

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 20th 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