Waiting for the Barbarians
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"Waiting for the Barbarians" is a 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee that allegorically explores imperialism, oppression, and moral complicity through the story of a frontier magistrate in an unnamed empire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
feature film
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opera ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
NERFINISHED
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James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationActor |
Johnny Depp
NERFINISHED
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Mark Rylance NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Pattinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Ciro Guerra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
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apartheid in South Africa ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Colonel Joll
NERFINISHED
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the Magistrate NERFINISHED ⓘ the barbarian girl ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | the Magistrate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical critique of authoritarian regimes
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exploration of ethical responsibility under oppression ⓘ |
| operaAdaptationComposer | Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaPremiereYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | J. M. Coetzee bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Ravan Press
NERFINISHED
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Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
an unnamed empire
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frontier settlement ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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guilt ⓘ human rights ⓘ imperialism ⓘ moral complicity ⓘ oppression ⓘ otherness ⓘ power and authority ⓘ resistance ⓘ torture ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy | the poem "Waiting for the Barbarians" by Constantine P. Cavafy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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