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Waiting for the Barbarians by John Maxwell Coetzee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Waiting for the Barbarians about?
<b>The modern classic from double Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee – soon to be a major film starring Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp</b><br><br>For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of t
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Maxwell Coetzee
- Publisher
- Random House Book Group Ltd.
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099465935
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, War & Military
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (845 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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