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Boyhood: scenes from provincial life

By J. M. Coetzee

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
1998
ISBN
014026566X, 9780140265668
Open Library ID
OL7351675M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9497510 bytes)
Pages
169\169
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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.

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