******J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,_The Schooldays of Jesus_ , will soon be available from Viking**** A story told in prose as feverishly rich as William Faulkner's,_In the Heart of the Country_ is a work of irresistable power** On a remote farm in South Africa, the protagonist of J. M. Coetzee's
In the heart of the country
โ Scribed by J. M. Coetzee
- Book ID
- 107189845
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY: Stifled By The Torpor Of Colonial South Africa And Trapped In A Web Of Reciprocal Oppression, A Lonely Sheep Farmer Seeks Comfort In The Arms Of A Black Concubine. But When His Embittered Spinster Daughter Magda Feels Shamed, This Lurch Across The Racial Divide Marks The End Of A Tenuous Feudal Peace. As She Dreams Madly Of Bloody Revenge, Magda'S Consciousness Starts To Drift And The Line Between Fact And The Workings Of Her Excited Imagination Becomes Blurred. What Follows Is The Fable Of A Woman'S Passionate, Obsessed And Violent Response To An Africa That Will Not Heed Her.
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SUMMARY: Stifled By The Torpor Of Colonial South Africa And Trapped In A Web Of Reciprocal Oppression, A Lonely Sheep Farmer Seeks Comfort In The Arms Of A Black Concubine. But When His Embittered Spinster Daughter Magda Feels Shamed, This Lurch Across The Racial Divide Marks The End Of A Tenuous Fe
SUMMARY: Stifled By The Torpor Of Colonial South Africa And Trapped In A Web Of Reciprocal Oppression, A Lonely Sheep Farmer Seeks Comfort In The Arms Of A Black Concubine. But When His Embittered Spinster Daughter Magda Feels Shamed, This Lurch Across The Racial Divide Marks The End Of A Tenuous Fe
Stifled by the torpor of colonial South Africa and trapped in a web of reciprocal oppression, a lonely sheep farmer seeks comfort in the arms of a black concubine. But when his embittered spinster daughter Magda feels shamed, this lurch across the racial divide marks the end of a tenuous feudal peac
SUMMARY: Stifled By The Torpor Of Colonial South Africa And Trapped In A Web Of Reciprocal Oppression, A Lonely Sheep Farmer Seeks Comfort In The Arms Of A Black Concubine. But When His Embittered Spinster Daughter Magda Feels Shamed, This Lurch Across The Racial Divide Marks The End Of A Tenuous