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In Cape Town, South Africa, an old woman is dying of cancer. A classics professor, Mrs. Curren has been opposed to the lies and brutality of apartheid all her life, but has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought. In an extended letter addressed to her daughter, who has long since fled to America, Mrs. Curren recounts the strange events of her dying days. She witnesses the burning of a nearby black township and discovers the bullet-riddled body of her servant's son. A teenage black activist hiding in her house is killed by security forces. And through it all, her only companion, the only person to whom she can confess her mounting anger and despair, is a homeless man, an alcoholic, who one day appears on her doorstep.
Brilliantly crafted and resonant with metaphor, Age of Iron is "a superbly realized novel whose truths cut to the bone." (The New York Times Book Review)
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- Title Age of Iron
- Author John Maxwell Coetzee
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- Pages 208
- Language EN
- Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics), New York
- Date September 1, 1998
- ISBN 9780140275650
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"It is, quite simply, a magnificent and unforgettable work." —The Daily Telegraph
"Coetzee is one of the greatest writers of our time.... Age of Iron is taut, ironic, grieving and, finally, astonishing." —Los Angeles Times
"A remarkable work by a brilliant writer." —The Wall Street Journal
"Coetzee is one of the greatest writers of our time.... Age of Iron is taut, ironic, grieving and, finally, astonishing." —Los Angeles Times
"A remarkable work by a brilliant writer." —The Wall Street Journal
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