Age Of Iron By J.M. Coetzee

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Hardcover

ISBN 0436200120

Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd 1990

Condition: Good. The original boards with a DJ is slightly shelf rubbed and edge worn. This book was read and enjoyed but is still overall good. Tanning/Browning of pages. The book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

Dying of cancer, Elizabeth Curren writes a testament to her "lost" daughter, now living in America. Her account describes her relationship with the tramp, Vercueil, who becomes her silent companion and confessor as she tries to make her peace with the world. The novel is an anguished lament for a country on the cusp of change and for all children lost to South Africa's age of iron.

Age of Iron is a 1990 novel by South African Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee. It is among his most popular works and was the 1990 Sunday Express Book of the Year. In it, he paints a picture of social and political tragedy unfolding in a country ravaged by racism and violence