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Waiting for the Barbarians
- Lu par : Andrew Wincott
- Durée : 7 h et 46 min
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- Catégories : Littérature, romans et fiction, Fiction
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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 victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
J. M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Jennifer Croft
- 05/04/2020
An Interesting Read For The Current Times
Though a difficult read due to the disturbing content at times, I found this book curiously and frighteningly relevant to the current political times in which we are living, especially in the USA. It is a book well worth reading in that it prompts us to look inside ourselves to examine how fear of the unknown can drive us to act as human beings and also to remind us of how resilient we can be in difficult times.
6 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
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Global2 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Erin Dozier
- 12/08/2020
Read it your self
Great story, has all of life’s struggles, and coming to terms with oneself and those insignificant people with significant power.
I should have read it myself.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Jeff Lacy
- 15/03/2021
Impressive performance by Andrew Wincott
Andrew Wincott’s performance is well modulated for this evocative novel. He gets everything right: voices, accents, the narrative.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Mindbog
- 29/04/2020
Great book
by an awesome author. The audioproduction is en par. Happy to have it in my collection where it won‘t be gathering dust.
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