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A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

Humerus posted:

The new(ish) one from Penguin Classics, as I understand it's the only actual unabridged version in English


The translator actually pointed out in the foreword that at the time this book was considered a story for children, which is wild considering I've already read one of apparently many passages about tripping on hashish. Guess kids really are too coddled these days.

he's specifically saying that it was considered a book for children based on the bowdlerised versions that minimised those parts.

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A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

lifg posted:

I’ve only read two Coetzee books, but they were the same book. “Old man has sad sex with young woman, and learns the world has passed him by. “

Good thing that Waiting For the Barbarians doesn't have that then I guess.

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