An edition of Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)

Waiting for the Barbarians

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An edition of Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)

Waiting for the Barbarians

by

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (8 ratings) ·
  • 47 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy for the victims, and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison.

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VINTAGE (RAND)
Language
English
Pages
176

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Subjects

Administradores coloniales, Allegorías, Colonial administrators, Ficción, Fiction, Gardeners, Political persecution, Allegories, Drug abuse, Immigrants, Racism, Social problems, Émigration et immigration, Toxicomane, Aspect social, Minorities, Emigration and immigration, Inégalité sociale, Foreign workers, Civilisation, Altérité, Toxicomanie, Government policy, Problèmes sociaux, Social aspects, Marginalité, Histoire, Enquêtes, Migration, Immigré, Employment, Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Répression politique, Fiction, psychological, Allegory, General

Places

Africa, South Africa, África

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians
2015, Azbuka
in Russian
Cover of: Đợi bọn mọi
Đợi bọn mọi
2014, Bachvet
in Vietnamese
Cover of: Waiting For The Barbarians
Waiting For The Barbarians
2010, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians
September 2, 2004, VINTAGE (RAND)
in English
Cover of: En attendant les barbares
En attendant les barbares
March 9, 2000, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Waiting for the barbarians
Waiting for the barbarians
1999, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Waiting for the barbarians
Waiting for the barbarians
1982, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: En Attendant Les Barbares
En Attendant Les Barbares
Publish date unknown, Points French
Mass Market Paperback in French

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First Sentence

"frontier where people eat certain snakes as a delicacy, and about a huge antelope he shot. He picks his way uncertainly among the strange furniture but does not remove the dark glasses."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR9369.3W3 2004, PR9369.3.C58 W3 2004

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7318600M
Internet Archive
waitingforbarbar0000coet
ISBN 10
0099465930
ISBN 13
9780099465935
Library Thing
3619
Goodreads
237040

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL500388W

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