About “Waiting for the Barbarians”
For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire he serves. When interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy for the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion that lands him in prison. A 1980 novel by J.M. Coetzee.
Book details
- Published
- 2019
- Latest edition
- 2019 · ISBN 9781925773866
View more editions (10)
| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Waiting for the Barbarians | 2019 | 9781925773866 | Buy on Amazon |
| Waiting for the Barbarians | 2015 | 9781446424964 | Buy on Amazon | |
| | Waiting For The Barbarians | 2010 | 9780143116929 | Buy on Amazon |
 | Waiting for the Barbarians | 2004 | 9780099465935 | Buy on Amazon |
 | Waiting for the Barbarians | 2004 | 9780099465935 | Buy on Amazon |
| Waiting for the Barbarians | 1999 | 9781417670635 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Waiting for the barbarians | 1999 | 0140283358 | Buy on Amazon |
| Waiting for the barbarians | 1998 | 074939420X | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Waiting for the barbarians | 1982 | 0140065555 | Buy on Amazon |
 | Waiting for the barbarians | 1982 | 9780140061109 | Buy on Amazon |
More by J. M. Coetzee
- Disgrace · 2024
- Life & times of Michael K · 2019
- The Master of Petersburg · 2019
- The Childhood of Jesus · 2021
- Foe · 2019
- Elizabeth Costello · 2015