In the Heart of the Country
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| Author | J.M. Coetzee |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Literature |
| Publisher | Vintage (UK) |
| Released | 1976 |
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| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-946594-9 |
| Preceded by | Dusklands |
| Followed by | Waiting for the Barbarians |
In the Heart of the Country (1977) is a English language novel by J. M. Coetzee which delves in the complex relationships that form between the colonizer and the colonized. It takes place on a desolate farm in South Africa told through the perspective of an intelligent yet meek European woman. She clashes with her father when he takes an African mistress, causing a rift that leads towards vengeance, violence and a muddling of her own relationship with the Africans.
A motion picture adaptation, Dust, was directed by Marion Hänsel in 1985.
| John Maxwell Coetzee |
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| Novels |
| 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) • Disgrace (1999) • Elizabeth Costello (2003) • Slow Man (2005) |
| Essays |
| White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988) • Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews (1992) • Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship (1996) • The Lives of Animals (1999) • Stranger Shores: Literary Essays, 1986–1999 (2001) |
| Autobiographical works |
| Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (1997) • Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (2002) |
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