Boyhood
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Boyhood
By (Author) J. M. Coetzee
Introduction by Liam Pieper
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
29th September 2020
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
Short-listed for Best Designed Series, Australian Book Design Awards 2020 (Australia)
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 196mm, Spine 21mm
150g
Description
It is up to him to somehow get beyond childhood, beyond family and school, to a new life where he will not need to pretend any more.
A young John Coetzee struggles to exert his autonomy in this perceptive evocation of his early years in the deeply divided South Africa of the 1940s. Coetzee reflects on his formative experiences with brutal insight and clarity, laying bare the intermingled joys and tragedies of childhood against a backdrop of incongruous cruelty. Boyhood is the first of J. M. Coetzees masterly trio of autobiographical novels, Scenes from Provincial Life.
Reviews
Exceptionala scorched tale of race, caste, shame, andat timeshilarious bewilderment. * New Yorker *
Author Bio
J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. He lives in Adelaide.
