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Boyhood (Scenes from Provincial Life #1)

J.M. Coetzee

3.77/5 (4088 ratings)

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Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life—the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the high veld ("farms are places of freedom, of life") could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.

Format:

Pages:: 166 pages

Publication:: 1998

Publisher:: Penguin Books

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 014026566X

ISBN13:: 9780140265668

kindle Asin:: B08D3XN2F3

Boyhood (Scenes from Provincial Life #1)

J.M. Coetzee

3.77/5 (4088 ratings)

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Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life—the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the high veld ("farms are places of freedom, of life") could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.

Format:

Pages:: 166 pages

Publication:: 1998

Publisher:: Penguin Books

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 014026566X

ISBN13:: 9780140265668

kindle Asin:: B08D3XN2F3

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