Pros: Writing is excellent, evocation of the colonial era, exposing of the reality of barbarism. Cons: Depressing, sad, sobering.
Waiting for the Barbarians J M Coetzee. Fiction. Penguin USA 1999 Paperback pp 160, $11.20 ISBN 0-140-28335-8 A white middle-aged magistrate, presiding over a backwater outpost somewhere in Africa and representative of a power (the “Empir ...
Pros: Handles a treadworn and potentially tired theme with thoughtful freshness Cons: The graphic nature at points may bother sensitive readers
There is a certain irony regarding J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians. Call it the irony of Empire. Perusing the book's cover and biographical summary, one finds testimonials to Coetzee's skills (not merely "skills," after all,...
Pros: A moving and thought-provoking work. Cons: Violence, Not for the squeemish...
The novella is an account of a colonial magistrate's fall from power in the garrison town of a nondescript empire. The specifics are elegantly omitted, much like Dostoevsky's towns of "N_____" or "Bishops of S______." The...
Set in an isolated outpost on the edge of a great Empire, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppresse...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
Moving and powerful, this book presents the dark tale of an aging magistrate in an African frontier settlement, who finds himself becoming increasingl...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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