Boyhood
1997 • 166 pages

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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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3 primary books

#1 in Scenes from Provincial Life

Scenes from Provincial Life is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by J.M. Coetzee.

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Boyhood
#3
Summertime

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