In the Heart of the Country
$18.75
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2019
Summary
As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee’s revered works, this second installment of four titles-with introductions from top emerging and established writers-will win over a new generation of Coetzee readers.
Today my father brought home his new bride.
Magda lives on an isolated farm in South Africa with her callous father and their staff, who treat her with disdain. Her psychological state, already precarious, disintegrates when her father takes a black mistress, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922268099 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922268097 |
| Author: | J.M. Coetzee |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
‘I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of a man…Mr. Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka.’
‘A realistic fable, at once stark, exciting and economical.’ * New York Times Book Review *
‘I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of a man…Mr. Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka.’ * Sunday Times *
J.M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.
His work includes:
- Waiting for the Barbarians
- Life and Times of Michael K
- The Master of Petersburg
- Disgrace
- Diary of a Bad Year
He lives in Adelaide.
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