Coetzee is an author whose name I see rather regularly. Whether in magazines, newspapers, or simply one I come across at work, he seems quite popular. Waiting For the Barbarians plays into the dystopi… more →
Adventures in Readingscrisoarefaralitere wrote 2 months ago: -What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. -Why isn’ … more →
Sean Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: A new book, The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and Its Cultural Consequences, by South Afri … more →
jenniferlarsonwrites wrote 4 months ago: In college, I took a twentieth-century literature course from a professor who constantly used the wo … more →
Maria wrote 9 months ago: Why are we waiting here in the market? The Barbarians are coming today. Why such a to-do in the Sena … more →
apciv wrote 9 months ago: KW allegory anagogy exegesis typology “dream visions” correspondences/ patterns recurrent themes an … more →
bookchronicle wrote 1 year ago: Coetzee is an author whose name I see rather regularly. Whether in magazines, newspapers, or simply … more →
wdh3 wrote 1 year ago: Of the several reviews I’ve seen of J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians there ofte … more →
ScottEllis wrote 1 year ago: First published in 1980, this novel, like Gilead years later, won a major literary prize (the Nobel … more →