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Waiting for the Barbarians, this effectively bleak but monotonic novel doesn't develop its few ideas--resulting in...
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by J. M. Coetzee ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 4, 1983
Waiting for the Barbarians, this effectively bleak but monotonic novel doesn't develop its few ideas--resulting in superficially striking fiction, grimly engaging at first but increasingly thin.
Pub Date: Jan. 4, 1983
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: N/A
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1983
Categories: FICTION
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