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

J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

152 pages 1980

44 editions

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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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