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A magistrate in a country village protests the army's treatment of members of the barbarian tribes taken prisoner during a civil war and finds himself arrested as a traitor.
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Waiting for the Barbarians, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 2004
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0099465930
- ISBN13
- 9780099465935
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Classics, Politics, Military Fiction, Wars, Africa, Adapted for Film, Violence, Psychological novels, Nobel prize, South Africa, Torture, Dictatorship, Oppression, British Empire, South African Literature, Barbarians, Protection of State Borders
- First published
- 1980
- Original title
- Waiting for the Barbarians
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- A magistrate in a country village protests the army's treatment of members of the barbarian tribes taken prisoner during a civil war and finds himself arrested as a traitor.