Boyhood scenes from provincial life
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New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1998, c1997.
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166 pages 20 cm.; pbk.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1998, c1997.
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Book
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English
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Coetzee has been reluctant to talk about himself. Now, revisiting the South Africa of a half century ago, he writes about his childhood and his own interior life. Boyhood's young narrator grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he did not respect, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life -- at school the brilliant and well-behaved student, at home the princely despot, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the veld ('farms are places of freedom, of life') could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.
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Nobel Prize in Literature
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Coetzee, J. M. (19981997). Boyhood: scenes from provincial life . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coetzee, J. M., 1940-. 19981997. Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coetzee, J. M., 1940-. Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life Penguin Books, 19981997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Coetzee, J. M. Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life Penguin Books, 19981997.
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