Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

170 pages paperback 1980

44 editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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"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 vi...

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