Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
1997 fictionalised autobiographical work by J. M. Coetzee
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life is a fictionalised autobiographical work by J. M. Coetzee which focuses on his years spent growing up in South Africa. The novel focuses on his troubled time in Worcester but looks back to happier times living in a large house in Rosebank, Cape Town. By the end of the novel they had moved again to Plumstead, Cape Town.[1]
Critical reception
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life was generally well-received among American press. According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on 5 critic reviews with 3 being "rave" and 2 being "positive".[2]
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Works by J. M. Coetzee
- Dusklands (1974)
- In the Heart of the Country (1977)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)
- Life & Times of Michael K (1983)
- Foe (1986)
- Age of Iron (1990)
- The Master of Petersburg (1994)
- The Lives of Animals (1999)
- Disgrace (1999)
- Elizabeth Costello (2003)
- Slow Man (2005)
- Diary of a Bad Year (2007)
- The Childhood of Jesus (2013)
- The Schooldays of Jesus (2016)
- The Death of Jesus (2019)
- The Pole and Other Stories (2023)
- Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (1997)
- Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (2002)
- Summertime (2009)
- White Writing (1988)
- Inner Workings (2007)
- Here and Now (2013)
- Dust (film, 1985)
- The Lives of Animals (TV film, 2002)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (opera, 2006)
- Disgrace (film, 2008)
- Slow Man (opera, 2014)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (film, 2019)
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