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Allegory of power, justice, and personal conscience.

"Waiting for the Barbarians" pulls you into a stark narrative that feels both distant and uncomfortably familiar. Coetzee's prose is lean yet potent, exposing the machinery of empire and the intricate struggles of morality versus duty. It's the kind of book that haunts long after the last page, offering a reflective lens into our own societies and the roles we play within them.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (1980)
  • Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (1983)
  • CNA Literary Award (1980)
  • Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1981)
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ISBN: 9780140061109
Authors: J.M. Coetzee
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1982-04-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics, War
Goodreads rating: 3.93
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For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state. J. M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.
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Allegory of power, justice, and personal conscience.

"Waiting for the Barbarians" pulls you into a stark narrative that feels both distant and uncomfortably familiar. Coetzee's prose is lean yet potent, exposing the machinery of empire and the intricate struggles of morality versus duty. It's the kind of book that haunts long after the last page, offering a reflective lens into our own societies and the roles we play within them.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (1980)
  • Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (1983)
  • CNA Literary Award (1980)
  • Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1981)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.