ISBN |
9781922268112 (paperback) |
Name |
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- author. |
Title |
Age of iron / J.M. Coetzee. |
Published |
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2019. |
©1990 |
Description |
xiv, 198 pages ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
Introduction "We watch as birds watch snakes" by John Freeman. |
First published in Great Britain by Secker & Warburg, 1986. |
Summary |
Mrs Curren, a Cape Town classics professor, is an opponent of the apartheid regime who has nonetheless been sheltered from its worst horrors. Now she is dying of cancer. In her final days she must confront the violence, chaos and injustice of her own society. Then Mr Vercueil, a homeless alcoholic, is found sleeping beside her garage. Who is he, and why has he come to her? |
Subjects |
Women -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Fiction |
Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction |
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Fiction |
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction |
Cape Town (South Africa) -- Fiction |
Other Names |
Freeman, John, 1974- author of introduction, etc. |
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