Age of Iron - Hardcover

Coetzee, J. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394588592 ISBN 13: 9780394588599

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1990

Synopsis

South African professor Mrs. Curren has always been opposed to apartheid's brutality though she has lived isolated from its horrors, but as she nears death from cancer, she confronts a generation of blood and revenge

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Review:

"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

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'Quite simply a magnificent and unforgettable work' Daily Telegraph

In Cape Town, South Africa, an elderly classics professor writes a letter to her distant daughter, recounting the strange and disturbing events of her dying days. She has been opposed to the lies and brutality of apartheid all her life, but now she finds herself coming face-to-face with its true horrors: the hounding by the police of her servant's son, the burning of a nearby black township, the murder by security forces of a teenage activist who seeks refuge in her house. Through it all, her only companion, the only person to whom she can confess her mounting anger and despair, is a homeless man who one day appears on her doorstep.

In Age of Iron, J. M. Coetzee brings his searing insight and masterful control of language to bear on one of the darkest episodes of our times.

'A superbly realised novel whose truth cuts to the bone' The New York Times

'A remarkable work by a brilliant writer' Wall Street Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0394588592
• ISBN 13: 9780394588599
• Binding: Hardcover