Summary
Continuing Text’s re-release of J. M. Coetzee’s revered works with stylish new covers, Boyhood is a modern classic by the great Nobel Prize winner, accompanied by an introduction from acclaimed author Liam Pieper.
It is up to him to somehow get beyond childhood, beyond family and school, to a new life where he will not need to pretend any more.
A young John Coetzee struggles to exert his autonomy in this perceptive evocation of his early years in the deeply divided So…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922330062 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192233006X |
| Author: | J.M. Coetzee |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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‘Exceptional…a scorched tale of race, caste, shame, and–at times–hilarious bewilderment.’
‘Exceptional…a scorched tale of race, caste, shame, and—at times—hilarious bewilderment.’ * New Yorker *
About The Author
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, and Diary of a Bad Year. He lives in Adelaide.
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