Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

152 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Set in an isolated outpost on the edge of a great Empire, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. The Magistrate, the novel's fascinating narrator, has been a loyal servant of the Empire, runn...

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