From the publisher's website:

"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."

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Bought for Mission BookCrossing.

This is your book for Mission Bookcrossing. You have 24 hours to journal the book as well as to PM Brookler for your Mission.

This is a secret mission, so please do not post about it.

Thank you, Agent Annimanni, for this unexpected wishlist surprise! Safely picked up this morning from the post office. Happy BookCrossing!

Another enjoyable book by Coetzee I'm glad to add to my read list. I found so many echoes of day-to-day life I can relate to, and I appreciated the stranger-in-a-strange-land references.

This book is now ready to travel back to Finland, to Soozreader who chose it from Boekentrol's VBB.

This book got homesick and is now on its way back to Finland. Happy Reading and thanks for sharing :)

Thank you very much for this book which arrived safely today to rainy Joensuu!:)

I really like the way Coetzee writes so for that reason I enjoyed the book. But unfortunately the story itself was not really my cup of tea...

This wishlist book is on its way to the next reader. Happy reading!

Thank you for a wishlist-book!!!
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I do like his style of writing, so I really enjoyed this book, even though his life at that time wasn't that enjoyable and the happenings kind of repeated themselves and everything was so boring and difficult ;)

The book is now travelling forward as a wishlist surprise. Enjoyable reading!

It arrived safely today. Thank you very much, halonhakkaaja! Love the Moomin-postcard:-)