Scenes from Provincial Life Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, Book 1, (Paperback)

from charisse_louw

The uncomfortable truths of childhood observation -- harsh judgments often so true and wounding.

from SigmundFraud

Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee is a fictionalized autobiography of Coetzee's early years in South Africa. If you like place/setting as I do you will enjoy the feel of rural South Africa. The books is very well written as we have come to expect from such a great writer as Coe...

from sinaloa237

Splendid book. An autobiography which could be a fiction. Incredibly precise and fair discovery of what's in a child mind - a child to be Nobel Prize for Literature one day. Coetzee is as tough with himself as he is with his characters in his novels.

from stillatim

Talk about not doing yourself any favors; if young John could meet old John and read what he's said about him, he'd probably lash out in his imagination, go home, cry in his over-protective mothers' lap, then lash out at her for smothering him. Not much happens, which makes perfect sense, since a...

from stef7sa

Painful, moving and intriguing story of Coetzee's boyhood, written in a gripping style. A highly recommended read.