Waiting for the Barbarians by J M Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians by J M Coetzee

A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee--a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed.

NOW A FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE, JOHNNY DEPP, AND ROBERT PATTINSON

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.

The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.

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ISBN 13	9780140061109
ISBN 10	014006110X
Title	Waiting for the Barbarians
Author	J M Coetzee
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1982-04-29
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature.
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