Talk:Foe (Coetzee novel)/Archive 1

Correction
Any correction and critic to this page will be well-accepted. Removed the following part:


 * He even refuses to learn how to communicate through written language: as Susan and Foe try to teach him to write the letter "a" he traces a big "o", which could stand for Omega, the last letter in Greek alphabet.

I just finished the book and couldn't find that part - in the end Foe shows Susan that Friday wrote lots of 'o' on a paper and says he'll try to teach him the 'a' the next day. (clem 17:07, 29 May 2005 (UTC))

Article
I just finished this book and did not expect to see a Wikipedia article about, much less one so well developed, it was a pleasant surprise, thank you.

This is a complicated book and I'm still not sure of all the various levels. The Times Literary Supplement called it "An inventive and provocative allegory of the creative process". Can anyone explain what might be meant by that? It was also interesting the novel makes subtle reference to a number of other classic works about oppression: there is a nod to Huckleberry Finn, and Oliver Twist. There may be others but those are the ones I had previously read and could see the allusions. --Stbalbach 02:43, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyright concerns
Copyright concerns with respect to earlier versions of this article were noted in January 2009 (see Copyright problems/2009 January 20). Lacking any clean version to revert to and without substantial text to preserve, the earlier article has been deleted. A new article, researched and written from scratch, is now in its place. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:34, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, Moonriddengirl, you've put together some excellent work in a very short amount of time. Thank you for it.--Cúchullain t/ c 22:53, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. :) It seemed like too important a subject to skimp on. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 23:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)