{"product_id":"9780140061109","title":"J. M. Coetzee - Waiting for the Barbarians A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by J. M. Coetzee. Themes include Fiction, Literary, War \u0026amp; Military, Historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available from Viking. \u003ci\u003eLate Essays: 2006-2016\u003c\/i\u003e will be available January 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Rylance (\u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBridge of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e), Ciro Guerra and producer Michael Fitzgerald are teaming up to to bring J.M. Coetzee's \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e to the big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58421255111030,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780140061109.jpg?v=1786183660","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780140061109","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}