...from the oppression of such freedom who would not welcom… - J. M. Coetzee

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...from the oppression of such freedom who would not welcome the liberation of confinement?

J. M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians · October 1, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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John Maxwell Coetzee (born 9 February 1940), often called J. M. Coetzee, is a South African-born writer and academic. A novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, Coetzee won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He now lives in Australia.

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Native Name: John Maxwell Coetzee

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