Boyhood: Scenes from provincial life by J.M. Coetzee (English) Paperback Book

Description: Boyhood by J.M. Coetzee Revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, the novelist J.M. Coetzee brings a writers diagnostic skills to bear on his own past. With a father he could not respect, and a mother he both adored and resented, he picked his way through a world that refused to explain its rules. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, J. M Coetzee writes about his childhood and interior life. BOYHOOD`S young narrator grew up in a small country town. With a father he imitated but could not respect, and a mother he both adored and resented, he picked his way through a world that refused to explain its rules but whose rules he knew he must obey.Steering between these contradictions, BOYHOOD evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood with startling, haunting immediacy. Notes A first volume of memoirs from one of South Africas foremost men of letters, which evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood with haunting immediacy. Author Biography J.M. Coetzees work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime and The Childhood of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. Review This life is described with such skill, such exactitude and such relentlessness that I found myself gasping for air... Coetzee has achieved something universal in his work...a fine book, probably the best description of a childhood I have ever read * The Times *As funny, cruel and terrifying as life itself. It is also intense and elegant, clearly the product of the complex, subtle imagination which shapes Coetzees outstanding fiction... As austerely beautiful as would be expected of Coetzee the artist...its aloof, edgy grace and seething passion ensure the narrative is both truthful and mysterious * Irish Times *Boyhood is a deeply-felt and utterly compelling account of a South African childhood: the narrative style is as spare and lean as the Karoo flatlands which form its backdrop * Daily Telegraph *The economy with which Coetzee makes sense of his past is evidence, once again, of his outstanding talent * Independent on Sunday *An uncannily accurate picture of the way things were in South Africa * Literary Review * Promotional As funny, cruel and terrifying as life itself. It is also intense and elegant, clearly the product of the complex, subtle imagination which shapes Coetzees outstanding fiction-As austerely beautiful as would be expected of Coetzee the artist-its aloof, edgy grace and seething passion ensure the narrative is both truthful and mysterious Irish Times Kirkus UK Review In this absorbing memoir, the author recalls the deeply felt hopes, fears and insecurities of his South African childhood during the 1940s. He writes with clarity and wit about the complexities of family relationships and his experiences at school, while recording his observations about the rigid hierarchy of white people, coloureds and natives. An impressive account. (Kirkus UK) Prizes Short-listed for South African Booksellers Choice Award 1998 Review Text This life is described with such skill, such exactitude and such relentlessness that I found myself gasping for air... Coetzee has achieved something universal in his work...a fine book, probably the best description of a childhood I have ever read Review Quote "The best description of a childhood I have ever read." --The Times "As funny, cruel and terrifying as life itself. It is also intense and elegant, clearly the product of the complex, subtle imagination which shapes Coetzees outstanding fiction… As austerely beautiful as would be expected of Coetzee the artist… its aloof, edgy grace and seething passion ensure the narrative is both truthful and mysterious." --Irish Times "A deeply-felt and utterly compelling account of a South African childhood: the narrative style is as spare and lean as the Karoo flatlands which form its backdrop." --Daily Telegraph Promotional "Headline" As funny, cruel and terrifying as life itself. It is also intense and elegant, clearly the product of the complex, subtle imagination which shapes Coetzees outstanding fiction-As austerely beautiful as would be expected of Coetzee the artist-its aloof, edgy grace and seething passion ensure the narrative is both truthful and mysterious Irish Times Details ISBN0099268272 Author J.M. Coetzee Year 1998 ISBN-10 0099268272 ISBN-13 9780099268277 Format Paperback Publication Date 1998-08-06 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823 Birth 1940 Media Book Series Vintage Books Language English Pages 176 Publisher Vintage Publishing Subtitle Scenes from provincial life Short Title Boyhood UK Release Date 1998-08-06 AU Release Date 1998-08-06 NZ Release Date 1998-08-06 Alternative 9781409015840 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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