Waiting For The Barbarians
J. M. Coetzee
Waiting For The Barbarians - London Vintage Books 2000 - 169
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 with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state.
9780099465935
823.914 C652 W / 403557
Waiting For The Barbarians - London Vintage Books 2000 - 169
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 with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state.
9780099465935
823.914 C652 W / 403557