Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)

The modern classic from double Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee - soon to be a major film starring Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory of oppressor and oppressed. Not just a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times, the Magistrate is an analogue of all men living in complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2004
Authors:	J. M. Coetzee
Dimensions:	199 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	169
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-946593-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Varsity Textbooks Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Language & Literature Books > Academic & Education > UNISA > Language & Literature Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Drama
LSN:	0-09-946593-0
Barcode:	9780099465935
Course Code:	ENG3705 • ENN4804

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Tue, 7 Apr 2020 | Review by: Rita M.

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