- J.M. Coetzee. Waiting for the Barbarians. New York: Penguin, 1982.
Waiting for the Barbarians Questions and Answers
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why is the story waiting ironic?
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I'm not sure what you mean by "affection". The magistrate is the first-person narrator and flawed protagonist of the novel. Everything in this allegory is filtered through his point of view. He wants to live in peace in his outpost, serving his...
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