Waiting For The Barbarians
Waiting For The Barbarians
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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. When the interrogation experts arrive he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and an act of rebellion which lands him in prison.
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Waiting For The Barbarians by Jm Coetzee
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 victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory of oppressor and oppressed. Not just a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times, the Magistrate is an analogue of all men living in complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780749394202 |
| ISBN 10 | 074939420X |
| Title | Waiting For The Barbarians |
| Author | J M Coetzee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Prizes | Winner of Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1981, Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Fiction 1980 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |