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Boyhood
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Boyhood
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) J. M. Coetzee
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Introduction by Liam Pieper
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781922330062
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Text Publishing
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| Imprint |
The Text Publishing Company
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| Publication Date |
29 September 2020 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
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 South Africa of the 1940s. Coetzee reflects on his formative experiences with brutal insight and clarity, laying bare the intermingled joys and tragedies of childhood against a backdrop of incongruous cruelty. Boyhood is the first of J. M. Coetzee's masterly trio of autobiographical novels, Scenes from Provincial Life.
Author Biography
J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. He lives in Adelaide.
Reviews'Exceptional...a scorched tale of race, caste, shame, and-at times-hilarious bewilderment.' * New Yorker *
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