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The narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, plots an escape from his native country, from the stifling love of his mother, from a father whose failures haunt him - and from what he is sure is impending revolution. However, arriving at last in London, he begins the dark pilgrimage of an outsider.
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Youth, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Youth
- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 184
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Autobiographies & Memoirs, England, Great Britain, Africa, Coming Of Age, London, Teens, Writers, Nobel prize, Autobiographical Novels, South Africa, Students, Southern Africa, Intellectuals, South African Literature
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- Youth
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- The narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, plots an escape from his native country, from the stifling love of his mother, from a father whose failures haunt him - and from what he is sure is impending revolution. However, arriving at last in London, he begins the dark pilgrimage of an outsider.