In the Heart of the Country

A story told in prose as feverishly rich as William Faulkner's, In the Heart of the Country is a work of irresistable power.  J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,  The Schooldays of Jesus , is now available from Viking.  Late Essays: 2006-2016  will be available January 2018.  On a remote farm in South Africa, the protagonist of J. M. Coetzee's fierce and passionate novel watches the life from which she has been excluded. Ignored by her callous father, scorned and feared by his