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Waiting for the Barbarians

โœ Scribed by Coetzee, J. M.

Book ID
100563507
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
128 KB
Category
Fiction

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โœฆ Synopsis

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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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

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Waiting for the Barbarians Study Guide consists of approx. 34 pages of summaries and analysis on Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee.This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for

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Waiting for the Barbarians
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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

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Waiting for the Barbarians
โœ J. M. Coetzee ๐Ÿ“‚ Fiction ๐Ÿ“… 1980;2004 ๐Ÿ› Vintage ๐ŸŒ English โš– 122 KB ๐Ÿ‘ 2 views

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

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Waiting for the Barbarians
โœ J. M. Coetzee ๐Ÿ“‚ Fiction ๐Ÿ“… 2004 ๐Ÿ› Vintage Books ๐ŸŒ English โš– 123 KB ๐Ÿ‘ 3 views

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

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