Waiting for the Barbarians
by J. M. Coetzee
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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 for the victims, and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison.
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Administradores coloniales, Allegorías, Colonial administrators, Ficción, Fiction, Gardeners, Political persecution, Allegories, Drug abuse, Immigrants, Racism, Social problems, Émigration et immigration, Toxicomane, Aspect social, Minorities, Emigration and immigration, Inégalité sociale, Foreign workers, Civilisation, Altérité, Toxicomanie, Government policy, Problèmes sociaux, Social aspects, Marginalité, Histoire, Enquêtes, Migration, Immigré, Employment, Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Répression politique, Fiction, psychological, Allegory, GeneralPlaces
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Waiting for the Barbarians
September 2, 2004, VINTAGE (RAND)
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0099465930 9780099465935
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En attendant les barbares
March 9, 2000, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2020404567 9782020404563
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En Attendant Les Barbares
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"frontier where people eat certain snakes as a delicacy, and about a huge antelope he shot. He picks his way uncertainly among the strange furniture but does not remove the dark glasses."
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