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Violence
Some
Murder; violence; colonial brutality
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Sexual content; colonial power dynamics
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Extreme isolation and psychological fragmentation; obsessive interiority
What this book is about
Coetzee's 1977 novel is narrated by Magda, a spinster daughter on a South African farm, in numbered fragments. Features violence (the murder of her father), sexual content, and extreme psychological isolation. For mature adults.
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Violence and murder
Psychological intensity
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