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Waiting for the barbarians / J. M. Coetzee.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF COET	Adult Fiction		Panania .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781925773866 (paperback)
Name	Coetzee, J. M., 1940- author.
Title	Waiting for the barbarians / J. M. Coetzee.
Published	Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2019.
Published	©1980
Description	xiii, 169 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
Notes	Introduced by Sisonke Msimang.
Summary	For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and his Empire. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and an act of rebellion which sees him imprisoned as an enemy of the state.
Subjects	Oppression -- Fiction
Genre	Allegories
Other Names	Msimang, Sisonke author of introduction, etc.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Allegories . Oppression -- Fiction . See Also: Fables . Fiction . Parables . Tales . Authors: Coetzee, J. M., 1940- . Msimang, Sisonke .