Waiting for the Barbarians
J M Coetzee (University of Cape Town)
Waiting for the Barbarians
J M Coetzee (University of Cape Town)
A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee
Waiting for the Barbarians centers on the crisis of the conscience of the Magistrate a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the barbarians. After he witnesses the cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war, he reconsiders his role in the regime and carries out a quixotic act of rebellion.
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