Coetzee, J. M.
Scenes from Provincial Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099555674
- author:
- Coetzee, J. M.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 496
- Dimensions:
- 22.8 x 14.9 x 3.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Scenes from Provincial Life brings together J.M. Coetzee's trilogy of fictionalised memoirs in one volume. Set against the backdrop of 1940s South Africa, this collection follows the life of an awkward outsider as he navigates his way through adolescence and young adulthood. The story begins with a young boy struggling to find his place at home, where he is ill at ease with his father and stifled by his mother's unconditional love. As he grows older, he finds solace in school and later becomes a student of mathematics in Cape Town, preparing to escape to Europe and pursue a career as an artist. Decades later, an English biographer researches a book about the late writer, John Coetzee, uncovering a portrait of an outsider who remains dogged by rumours even after death.
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