Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel by the South African author J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. The novel was published in 1980 and is regarded as one of Coetzee's finest pieces of writing. It was chosen by Penguin for their series "Great Books of the 20th Century".

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South Africa - J.M. Coetzee - Nobel Prize in Literature

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Coetzee took his title from a poem by Alexandrian poet C.P. Cavafy.

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Alexandria - C.P. Cavafy

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U.S. composer Philip Glass has also written an opera based on the book, carrying the same title, which premiered in September 2005 in Erfurt, Germany.

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Philip Glass - September 2005 - Erfurt - Germany

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