In the Heart of the Country

Name: In the Heart of the Country
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ISBN: 9781922268099

J. M. Coetzee, Adam Rivett

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English

Text Publishing Company
01 October 2019

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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.

By: J. M. Coetzee
Introduction by: Adam Rivett
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 158g
ISBN: 9781922268099
ISBN 10: 1922268097
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for In the Heart of the Country

`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 man...Mr. Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka.' * Sunday Times *

Long-listed for Best Designed Series, Australian Book Design Awards 2020 (Australia)
Short-listed for Best Designed Series, Australian Book Design Awards 2020 (Australia)