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In the Heart of the Country

In the Heart of the Country

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In the Heart of the Country

by COETZEE, J.M

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London: Secker & Warburg, [1977]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm.); publisher's boards in black decorative dust jacket; [4],138pp. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed with a few brief scratches to upper panel, spine ends bumped, else a Very Good copy, nicer than usually seen. The South African Nobel laureate's second novel.

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In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an English language novel by J. M. Coetzee which delves in the complex relationships that form between the colonizer and the colonized. It takes place on a desolate farm in South Africa told through the perspective of an intelligent yet meek European woman. She clashes with her father when he takes an African mistress, causing a rift that leads towards vengeance, violence and a muddling of her own relationship with the Africans. In the U.S.A.

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Bookseller
Lorne Bair Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
33895
Title
In the Heart of the Country
Author
COETZEE, J.M
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
[1977]
Keywords
South Africa
Bookseller catalogs
Modern Fiction; Africa;

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