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Foe é um romance de 1986 do laureado com o Nobel nascido na África do Sul J. M. Coetzee. Tecido em torno do enredo existente de Robinson Crusoe, Foe é escrito da perspectiva de Susan Barton, uma náufraga que chegou à mesma ilha habitada por "Cruso" e Friday enquanto suas aventuras já estavam em andamento. Como Robinson Crusoe, é uma história emoldurada, desdobrada como a narrativa de Barton enquanto na Inglaterra tenta convencer o escritor Daniel Foe a ajudá-la a transformar sua história em ficção popular. Focado principalmente em temas de linguagem e poder, o romance foi alvo de críticas na África do Sul, onde foi considerado politicamente irrelevante em seu lançamento. Coetzee revisitou a composição de Robinson Crusoe em 2003 em seu discurso de aceitação do Prêmio Nobel.
“His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's foe else.”
“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
“Never fear your, enemies. A bold fight is the best: we should advance, and not retrograde.”
“I have political enemies, of course—men who, influenced by party feeling, are not above attacking methods and possibly my official reputation; but personal ones—wretches willing to stab me in my homelife and affections, that I can not believe. My life has been as an open book. I have harmed no man knowingly and, as far as I know, no man has ever cherished a wish to injure me.”
“Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
“Les dons d'un ennemi leur semblainte trop à craindre.”
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