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J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) | Book Review and Analysis

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003 was awarded to J. M. Coetzee. This is a reflection on Waiting for the Barbarians, which was inspired by C. P. Cavafy's 1898 poem of the same title (Περιμένοντας τοὺς Bαρβάρους) and by Dino Buzzati's The Tartar Steppe (Il deserto dei Tartari), also known as The Stronghold (La fortezza), published in 1940. My thoughts on Dino Buzzati's novel:    • Dino Buzzati's The Stronghold, aka The Tar...   My thoughts on Antonio di Benedetto's Zama (1956):    • Antonio di Benedetto's Zama (1956) | Book ...   "Waiting for the Barbarians," by C. P. Cavafy (Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem... Contents: 00:00 – Happy New Year, my friends! 😃 00:15 – Introduction 00:59 – My experience with J. M. Coetzee and my Nobel Prize project 02:47 – "Waiting for the Barbarians," by C. P. Cavafy 04:05 – Plot 05:38 – Structure 06:16 – Part I 08:02 – Part II 09:40 – Part III 10:38 – Part IV 11:46 – Parts V and VI 13:09 – The novel's main theme, and an unfortunate fact about He-Man 15:58 – Comparison with Dino Buzzati's The Tartar Steppe 17:43 – Another important connection: Antonio di Benedetto's Zama 18:57 – The film adaptation (Ciro Guerra, 2019) 21:57 – Bottom line