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Foe by J. M. Coetzee · Booklabria

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Historical FictionSurvival

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First published: 1986
Editions: 31 in 8 languages

Synopsis

While marooned on an island in the Atlantic, Sue Barton finds herself a character in a fiction novel. She spends a year with two other castaways, a mute Negro called Friday and Robinson Cruso.

Subjects: Historical Fiction
Survival
Literary Fiction
Parodies, imitations
Fiction subjects
World literature
Characters: Daniel Defoe

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31 in 8 languages

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English18 Spanish6 German2 Catalan1 All 8 languages

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