James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book
A novel in which, for decades, the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, but a quixotic act of rebellion lands him in jail, branded an enemy of the state.
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Used availability for J M Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians
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Hardback Editions
June 2010 : USA Library Binding
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Ink) Author(s): Professor of General Literature J M Coetzee ISBN: 1-61383-469-1 / 978-1-61383-469-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 1999 : USA Library Binding
| Title: Waiting for the Barbarians: Great Books Edition (Great Books of the 20th Century) Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 1-4176-7063-0 / 978-1-4176-7063-5 (USA edition) Publisher: San Val Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
1981 : South Africa Hardback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-86975-198-0 / 978-0-86975-198-5 (South Africa edition) Publisher: Ravan Press Availability: Amazon |
October 1980 : UK Hardback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-436-10295-1 / 978-0-436-10295-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
June 2010 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Ink) Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-14-311692-4 / 978-0-14-311692-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2004 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting For The Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-09-946593-0 / 978-0-09-946593-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
April 1982 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-14-006110-X / 978-0-14-006110-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Prentice Hall Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 1999 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-14-028335-8 / 978-0-14-028335-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
May 1997 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting For The Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-7493-9420-X / 978-0-7493-9420-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
December 1988 : UK Paperback
| Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-14-012293-1 / 978-0-14-012293-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1982 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians (King Penguin) Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-14-006555-5 / 978-0-14-006555-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
1981 : South Africa Paperback
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee ISBN: 0-86975-199-9 / 978-0-86975-199-2 (South Africa edition) Publisher: Ravan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Kindle Editions
January 2017 : USA Kindle edition
 | Title: Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel Author(s): J M Coetzee Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon |
May 2015 : Canada, UK Kindle edition
 | Title: Waiting For The Barbarians Author(s): J M Coetzee Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
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