Waiting for the Barbarians

Brilliant … The story of an imaginary Empire, set in an unspecified place and time … A realistic fable, at once exciting and economical … A distinguished piece of fiction * New York Times *A writer of formidable strength. His novel is important not only for its theme but also for the beauty and clarity of his style * Daily Telegraph *I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of man … Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka * Sunday Times *J.M. Coetzee’s vision goes to the nerve centre of being. What he finds there is more than most people will ever know about themselves, and he conveys it with a brilliant writer’s mastery of tension and eleganceA remarkable and original bookA powerful – even prophetic – intelligence at work * Independent on Sunday *This is a voice at once authoritative and subtle: a very powerful combination * Observer *A work of great accomplishment – Abdulrazak Gurnah * Week *

J. M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting For The Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood- Scenes From Provincial Life, Youth, and Disgrace which won the Booker Prize, making him the first author to have won it twice. In 2003 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.