J. M. Coetzee

Negro, pobre, feio e sem ninguém no mundo - sua mãe acaba de morrer -, Michael K vaga pela África do Sul convulsionada pela guerra civil. Obrigado a esconder-se da polícia, ele vive à deriva em estradas, fazendas abandonadas, cavernas ou num campo de trabalhos forçados. Michael K alimenta-se de raízes, insetos e, …

Youth is a semi-fictionalised autobiographical novel by J. M. Coetzee, recounting his struggles in 1960s London after fleeing the political unrest of Cape Town.

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their …