{"product_id":"boyhood-scenes-from-provincial-life-014026566x","title":"Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 014026566X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coetzee, J. M.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fiercely revealing, bluntly unsentimental. . .a telling portrait of the artist as a young man that illuminates the hidden source of his art.\" -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesJ.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018.Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life-the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions; and only in his love of the high veld (\"farms are places of freedom, of life\") could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51531309220128,"sku":"NEW014026566X","price":16.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61OZzzMTG9L.jpg?v=1777277669","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/boyhood-scenes-from-provincial-life-014026566x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}