# Waiting for the Barbarians

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- Book: [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-m-coetzee/waiting-for-the-barbarians) ([Waiting for the Barbarians.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-m-coetzee/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md))
- Authors: [J. M. Coetzee](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-m-coetzee)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-692-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2010-06-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

NOW A FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE, JOHNNY DEPP, AND ROBERT PATTINSON A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring...