Waiting for the barbarians
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-2006
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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 his Empire. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and an act of rebellion which sees him imprisoned as an enemy of the state.
Main title:
Waiting for the barbarians / J.M. Coetzee.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2004.
Collation:
169 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
Awards:
CNA Prize; Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; James Tait Black Memorial Prize
ISBN:
9780099465935 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
766258
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