Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (Scenes from Provincial Life #1)

J.M. Coetzee

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3.78 · 18 ratings · 166 pages · Published: 06 Sep 1997
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee
Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life—the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, 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 high 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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