{"product_id":"waiting-for-the-barbarians-a-novel","title":"Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel","description":"A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee—a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed.\n\nNOW A FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE, JOHNNY DEPP, AND ROBERT PATTINSON\n\nFor decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.\n\nThe Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 014006110X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.014006110X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:J.M. Coetzee\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42823088865341,"sku":"BVV.014006110X.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/014006110X-0.jpg?v=1766092820","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/waiting-for-the-barbarians-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}