An edition of Boyhood
(1997)
Boyhood
Scenes From Provincial Life
by J. M. Coetzee
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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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South African Authors, Biography, Dorf, Belletristische Darstellung, Außenseiter, Junge, Apartheid, South Africans, Young men, Fiction, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, coming of age, South africa, fiction, South African Novelists, New York Times reviewed, Autobiographical fiction, Authors, fiction, England, fiction, Authors, south african, Authors, biography, Coetzee, j. m., 1940-, AuthorsPeople
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Chłopięce lata: sceny z prowincjonalnego ̇życia
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Scènes de la vie d'un jeune garçon
January 14, 2002, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback
in French
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Pojka r: scener ur ett liv i provinsen
2002, Ma nPocket
in Swedish
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Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life
September 1, 1998, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
014026566X 9780140265668
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"THEY LIVE ON A HOUSING ESTATE outside the town of Worcester, between the railway line and the National Road."
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