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In the Heart of the Country: A Novel

This novel delves into the lives and experiences of individuals living in a remote countryside, exploring themes of isolation, community, and the human condition. more

Author

J. M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee is a South African-born Australian novelist known for his profound psychological insights and critical exploration of South Africa's apartheid history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature. more

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“I can never understand why I should eat at one or sleep at eleven, if it is, as it often is, my one and my eleven and nobody else's. For, as between the clock and me alone, one and eleven and all other o'clocks are mine and I am not theirs. But I have known men and women living in hotels who would interrupt a sunset to go to dine, or wave away the stars in their courses to go to sleep, merely because the hour had struck.”

“Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust.”