by J. M. Coetzee · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099433620
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«Youth» is the novel by J. M. Coetzee, published by Vintage in paperback (256 pages, in English).
The protagonist, a South African student who aspires to write, plans to leave his country while studying mathematics, reading poetry and saving money. Once settled in London in the sixties, he finds the routine of a job as a programmer, loveless relationships and the loss of inspiration.
Second installment of the «Scenes from Provincial Life» series by J. M. Coetzee.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and those interested in the work of J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.
