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Name: Boyhood

Full name: Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life

Author: J. M. Coetzee
Year: 1997
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9780140265668
014026566X

Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life--the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the high veld ("farms are places of freedom, of life") could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.

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"Scenes from Provincial Life"
First published in 2011
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"Summertime"
First published in 2009
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"Youth"
First published in 2002
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