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portada ESPERANDO A LOS BARBAROS (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
Spanish
Pages
224
ISBN13
9786287641938
Edited in
Colombia

ESPERANDO A LOS BARBAROS (in Spanish)

J. M. Coetzee (Author) · Debolsillo · Physical Book

ESPERANDO A LOS BARBAROS (in Spanish) - J. M. Coetzee

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Synopsis "ESPERANDO A LOS BARBAROS (in Spanish)"

De J.M. Coetzee Premio Nobel de Literatura 2003. Esperando a los bárbaros es parábola de una Sudáfrica desquiciada por el racismo, una denuncia de la brutalidad, de la arrogante ignorancia del poder. Escrita con una admirable economía de medios, este es un ejercicio de maestría literaria que inevitablemente inquieta y fuerza a pensar. Un día el Imperio decidió que los bárbaros eran una amenaza a su integridad. Primero llegaron al pueblo fronterizo policías, que detuvieron sobre todo a quienes no eran bárbaros pero sí diferentes. Torturaron y asesinaron. Después llegaron los militares. Muchos. Preparados para realizar heroicas campañas militares. El viejo magistrado del lugar trató de hacerles ver con sensatez que los bárbaros habían estado desde siempre allí y nunca habían sido un peligro, que eran nómadas y no se les podría vencer en batallas campales, que las opiniones que tenían sobre ellos eran absurdas... Vano intento. El magistrado solo logró la prisión y el pueblo, que había aclamado a los militares cuando llegaron, su
J. M. Coetzee
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John Maxwell Coetzee (Cape Town, 1940) is a South African writer naturalized Australian, known for his austere style and focus on themes such as power, identity, and ethics. He studied literature at the universities of Cape Town and Texas, and has been a professor at the University of Cape Town. In 2003, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his contribution to universal letters.

Among his most notable works are Life & Times of Michael K (1983), awarded the Booker Prize that same year, and Disgrace (1999), which also received the Booker Prize, making him the first author to win it twice. Other notable novels include Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), Foe (1986), and Elizabeth Costello (2003). His literary output includes novels, essays, and autobiographies.
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Ángela María López Arbeláez Sunday, November 16, 2025
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