For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which
Waiting for the Barbarians
โ Scribed by J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2016;2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 014006110X
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โฆ Synopsis
A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, will soon be available from Viking.
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.
J. M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between opressor and opressed. 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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For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands
SUMMARY: For Decades The Magistrate Has Run The Affairs Of A Tiny Frontier Settlement, Ignoring The Impending War Between The Barbarians And The Empire, Whose Servant He Is. But When The Interrogation Experts Arrive, He Is Jolted Into Sympathy With The Victims And Into A Quixotic Act Of Rebellion
SUMMARY: For Decades The Magistrate Has Run The Affairs Of A Tiny Frontier Settlement, Ignoring The Impending War Between The Barbarians And The Empire, Whose Servant He Is. But When The Interrogation Experts Arrive, He Is Jolted Into Sympathy With The Victims And Into A Quixotic Act Of Rebellion
SUMMARY: For Decades The Magistrate Has Run The Affairs Of A Tiny Frontier Settlement, Ignoring The Impending War Between The Barbarians And The Empire, Whose Servant He Is. But When The Interrogation Experts Arrive, He Is Jolted Into Sympathy With The Victims And Into A Quixotic Act Of Rebellion
SUMMARY: For Decades The Magistrate Has Run The Affairs Of A Tiny Frontier Settlement, Ignoring The Impending War Between The Barbarians And The Empire, Whose Servant He Is. But When The Interrogation Experts Arrive, He Is Jolted Into Sympathy With The Victims And Into A Quixotic Act Of Rebellion