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Boyhood

J. M. Coetzee

1997162 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Viking · 166 pages · ENGISBN 9780670872206
  • 1997Random House of Canada, Limited · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780436204487
  • 2011Vintage Books · 484 pages · ENGISBN 9781864712087
  • 2015Penguin Random House · ENGISBN 9781409015840
  • 1998Fischer (S.), FrankfurtISBN 9783100108111
  • 1998VINTAGE (RAND) · 162 pages · ENGISBN 9780099268277
  • 1998Penguin (Non-Classics) · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9780140265668
  • 1997Secker & Warburg · 192 pagesISBN 9780436204500

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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