Waiting for the Barbarians
A Novel (Penguin Ink)
A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the Barbarians centers on the crisis of the conscience of the Magistrate-a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the barbarians. After he witnesses the cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war, he reconsiders his role in the regime and carries out a quixotic act of rebellion.Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall, Bridge of Spies), Ciro Guerra, and producer Michael Fitzgerald are teaming up to to bring J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians to the big screen.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Askew, C. C.
- ISBN: 978-0-14-311692-9
- EAN: 9780143116929
- Produktnummer: 5339877
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.1 cm x D1.7 cm 187 g
- Gewicht: 187
Über den Autor
J. M. Coetzee won the Nobel prize for Literature in 2003 and is the author of twenty-three books, which have been translated into many languages. He was the first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice, first for Life & Times of Michael K and then for Disgrace. A native of South Africa, he now lives in Adelaide, Australia.
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