Paperback, 199 pages
German language
Published Oct. 1, 2000 by Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt.
Der Junge. Eine afrikanische Kindheit.
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In these fictionalised memoirs using third-person narration, Coetzee examines his childhood within the sphere of his parents' unhappy marriage, his desire for his mother and for independence from her, and his feelings towards a multi-racial South African society.