Youth

The second installment of J. M. Coetzee's fictionalized "memoir" explores a young man's struggle to experience life to its full intensity and transform it into art. The narrator of Youth has long been plotting an escape-from the stifling love of his overbearing mother, a father whose failures haunt him, and what he is sure is impending revolution in his native country of South Africa. Arriving at last in London in the 1960s, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance and instead begins a dark pilgrimage into adulthood. Youth is a remarkable portrait of a consciousness, isolated and adrift, turning in on itself, of a young man struggling to find his way in the world, written with tenderness and a fierce clarity. Youth's Narrator, A Student In 1950s South Africa, Has Long Been Plotting An Escape From His Native Country. Studying Mathematics, Reading Poetry, Saving Money, He Tries To Ensure That When He Arrives In The Real World He Will Be Prepared To Experience Life To Its Full Intensity, And Transform It Into Art. Arriving At Last In London, However, He Finds Neither Poetry Nor Romance. Instead He Succumbs To The Monotony Of Life As A Computer Programmer, From Which Random, Loveless Affairs Offer No Relief. Devoid Of Inspiration, He Stops Writing And Begins A Dark Pilgrimage In Which He Is Continually Tested And Continually Found Wanting. Set Against The Background Of The 1960s, Youth Is A Remarkable Portrait Of A Consciousness Turning In On Itself. J. M. Coetzee Explores A Young Man's Struggle To Find His Way In The World With Tenderness And A Fierce Clarity. Title Page......Page 2 ONE......Page 5 TWO......Page 16 THREE......Page 23 FOUR......Page 36 FIVE......Page 45 SIX......Page 52 SEVEN......Page 60 EIGHT......Page 68 NINE......Page 75 TEN......Page 84 ELEVEN......Page 92 TWELVE......Page 102 THIRTEEN......Page 109 FOURTEEN......Page 116 FIFTEEN......Page 122 SIXTEEN......Page 129 SEVENTEEN......Page 139 EIGHTEEN......Page 144 NINETEEN......Page 155 TWENTY......Page 163 Een jonge Zuid-Afrikaanse intellectueel gaat in de jaren '60 in Londen wonen om een groot en meeslepend dichter te worden. NL-ZmNBD