Waiting for the Barbarians cover

Waiting for the Barbarians

Author: Coetzee, J.M.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.5
Points 11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 65462
Points per Word 0.000168
Page Count 160
Points per Page 0.06875

Description

For decades, the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, but a quixotic act of rebellion lands him in jail, branded an enemy of the state.