Cosmopolitanism and Material Ethics 125position the transformation within a broader material ethical sys-
tem.^72 Indeed, what has distinguished the analysis of the three main
novels under examination, and what is hoped has been made appar-
ent, is the recognition of an underlying material attentiveness in all
three works. That the materiality of the body holds such a promi-
nent position in all three novels is no coincidence, nor is the fact
that it forms a connection between the texts, which reveals Coetzee’s
overarching ethical schema and concerns.