Age of Iron
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Age of Iron is a novel by J. M. Coetzee that portrays an aging classics professor in apartheid-era South Africa confronting moral decay, political violence, and personal mortality.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Age of Iron canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| awarded | Sunday Express Book of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
apartheid
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conscience ⓘ death and dying ⓘ guilt and complicity ⓘ moral decay ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ personal mortality ⓘ political violence ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
ethical responsibility
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racial inequality ⓘ terminal illness ⓘ violence of the apartheid state ⓘ white liberal complicity in apartheid ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Master of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
apartheid literature
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literary fiction ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bheki
NERFINISHED
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Curren’s daughter ⓘ Elizabeth Curren NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Vercueil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
homelessness
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letters to a distant daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ state repression ⓘ youth resistance ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Elizabeth Curren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
epistolary novel
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first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | J. M. Coetzee bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Foe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | classics professor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Secker & Warburg
NERFINISHED
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Viking Penguin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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