In the Heart of the Country
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
In the Heart of the Country
By (Author) J. M. Coetzee
Introduction by Adam Rivett
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
1st October 2019
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short-listed for Best Designed Series, Australian Book Design Awards 2020 (Australia)
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
158g
Description
As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee's revered works, this second instalment of four titles-with introductions from top emerging and established writers-will win over a new generation of Coetzee readers. Today my father brought home his new bride. Magda lives on an isolated farm in South Africa with her callous father and their staff, who treat her with disdain. Her psychological state, already precarious, disintegrates when her father takes a black mistress, and a tenuous feudal peace is shattered. In prose rich and vivid, Coetzee re-enacts the colonial experience in the home and in the psyche of one woman, who will not let history overlook her.
Reviews
A realistic fable, at once stark, exciting and economical. * New York Times Book Review *
I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of a manMr. Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka. * Sunday Times *
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. His work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg,Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year. He lives in Adelaide.
