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Boyhood

Boyhood

J. M. Coetzee · 1997 · 186 pages

South African AuthorsBiographyDorfBelletristische DarstellungAußenseiterJunge

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In these fictionalised memoirs using third-person narration, Coetzee examines his childhood within the sphere of his parents' unhappy marriage, his desire for his mother and for independence from her, and his feelings towards a multi-racial South African society.

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