{"product_id":"boyhood-scenes-from-provincial-life-265668","title":"Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoetzee has been reluctant to talk about himself. Now, revisiting the South Africa of a half century ago, he writes about his childhood and his own interior life. Boyhood's young narrator grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he did not respect, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life - at school the brilliant and well-behaved student, at home the princely despot, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions and only in his love of the veld could he find a sense of belonging. Bold and telling, this masterly evocation of a young boy's life is the book Coetzee's many admirers have been waiting for, but never could have expected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Gift Land","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925339902041,"sku":"9780140265668","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/0206\/3705\/files\/9780140265668.gif?v=1766070774","url":"https:\/\/royalgiftland.com\/fr\/products\/boyhood-scenes-from-provincial-life-265668","provider":"Royal Gift Land","version":"1.0","type":"link"}