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In the Heart of the Country by J. M. Coetzee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the Heart of the Country about?
Stifled by the torpor of colonial South Africa and trapped in a web of reciprocal oppression, a lonely sheep farmer seeks comfort in the arms of a black concubine. But when his embittered spinster daughter Magda feels shamed, this lurch across the racial divide marks the end of a tenuous feudal peace. As she dreams madly of bloody revenge, Magda's consciousness starts to drift and the line between fact and the workings of her excited imagination becomes blurred. What follows is the fable of a woman's passionate, obsessed and violent response to an Africa that will not heed her.
Who reads In the Heart of the Country?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Random House;Vintage Digital
- Published
- 1977
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781446424902
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (1,928 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- In the Heart of the Country (2004)
- In the Heart of the Country (2014)
- En Medio de Ninguna Parte/ In the Heart of the Country (Literatura Mondadori) (2013)
- In the Heart of the Country (2012)
- Au Cœur de Ce Pays (2006)
- Im Herzen des Landes : Roman (2003)
- In the Heart of the Country (2005)
- In the Heart of the Country : A Novel (1976)
- En Medio de Ninguna Parte/ In the Heart of the Country (Literatura Mondadori) (2009)
- In the Heart of the Country : A Novel (1977)
- In the Heart of the Country : A Novel (1982)
- In the Heart of the Country : A Novel (2017)