The first selfie of a Nobel laureate and the destruction of a look

Self-portrait of Coetzee, excerpt from 'Childhood Portraits' (Random House Literature) .JM Coetzee

The first selfie of a Nobel laureate was recently published.

One from Coetzee, before there were

, made with a camera pointed at its reflection in the mirror.

A prehistoric selfie without filters, without the possibility of creating a

or sharing it with friends.

A selfie before we learned to make faces looking at the phone.

The image is published in a book entitled

(Random House Literature) where a handful of fascinating photographs taken during the writer's adolescence are collected.

The images are of a tenderness and impen ...

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