Waiting for the Barbarians - J.M. Coetzee | Книги

A great novel about the oppressed and the oppressor. The Magistrate is the leader of a frontier settlement, caught between Civilization and the land of the barbarians. A rebellious act of kindness lands him in prison and labeled as an enemy of the State. This is a moving account of loneliness and desperation, and a strong statement against complicity in an unjust society. Coetzee is a South African author, currently living in Australia. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and the Booker in 1999 for Disgrace.