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For other novels by J.M. Coetzee, see Age of Iron or Disgrace.
For other novels about colonialism, see Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
For a work of nonfiction on South Africa, see Trevor Noah's Born a Crime оr A Short History of South Africa by Gail Nattrass.
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The Question and Answer section for Waiting for the Barbarians is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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why is the story waiting ironic?
I'm not sure what you mean by "affection". The magistrate is the first-person narrator and flawed protagonist of the novel. Everything in this allegory is filtered through his point of view. He wants to live in peace in his outpost, serving his...
