Novel
Short Review:
For decades the
Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a
tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians.
When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and
unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims,
he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
J. M. Coetzee's
prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between opressor and
opressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of
conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all
men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and
decency.
About The Author:
John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee ( 9 February 1940) is a South African
novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize
in Literature. He relocated to Australia in 2002 and lives in Adelaide. He
became an Australian citizen in 2006.
In 2013, Richard Poplak of the Daily Maverick
described Coetzee as "inarguably the most celebrated and decorated living
English-language author".Before receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize in
Literature, Coetzee was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, CNA Prize (thrice), the
Prix Femina Étranger, The Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the
Booker Prize (twice), among other accolades.
His Work: (1- Novels)
• Dusklands (1974)
• In the Heart of the Country (1977
• Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)
• Life & Times of Michael K (1983
• Foe (1986)
• Age of Iron (1990)
• The Master of Petersburg (1994)
• Disgrace (1999)
• Elizabeth Costello (2003)
• Slow Man (2005)
• Diary of a Bad Year (2007)
2- Short fiction
• A House
in Spain
• The Lives
of Animals (1999)
• The
African Experience 2002
• He and
His Man (2004)
• The Old
Woman and the Cats (2013).
• Three
Stories (2014)
Product Details:
· Paperback:
156 pages
· Publisher:
Penguin Books; Revised ed. edition (April 29, 1982)
· Language:
English
· ISBN-10:
014006110X
· ISBN-13:
978-0140061109
· Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.7
inches
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