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In the Heart of the Country by John Maxwell Coetzee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the Heart of the Country about?
<p>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.<br> <br> 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 f
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
- John Maxwell Coetzee
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099465942
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern Africa
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (1,928 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- In the Heart of the Country (2004)
- 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 (1977)
- In the Heart of the Country : A Novel (2017)