For 10 points, name this South African author who wrote Waiting for the Barbarians and Disgrace.
This author wrote about a character who gives a lecture called "What is Realism?" at Altona College in a novel divided into eight sections referred to as "Lessons." The last chapter of that novel centers on the Lady Chandos Letter, a female rewriting of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Lord Chandos Letter. He created another character who writes a retelling of Ulysses from Molly Bloom's perspective titled The House on Eccles Street. This man created a character who tries to write the chamber opera (*) Byron in Italy after his ear is burnt off by acid when his daughter Lucy's home is invaded by three men. This author of Elizabeth Costello wrote a novel about the sadistic Colonel Joll and another book in which Melanie Isaacs' accusation of sexual harassment leads to the dismissal of college English professor David Lurie. For 10 points, name this South African author who wrote Waiting for the Barbarians and Disgrace.
This author wrote about a character who gives a lecture called "What is Realism?" at Altona College in a novel divided into eight sections referred to as "Lessons.
J. M. Coetzee