Boyhood

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Boyhood
Authors and Contributors      By (author) J. M. Coetzee
Introduction by Liam Pieper
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781922330062
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Text Publishing
Imprint The Text Publishing Company
Publication Date 29 September 2020
Publication Country Australia

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 *