A major new novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Waiting for the Barbarians, The Life & Times of Michael K and DisgraceNobel laureate and two-time Booker Prize winner J. M. Coetzee returns with a haunting and surprising novel about childhood and destiny that is sure to rank with his classic novels.Separated from his mother as a passenger on a boat bound for a new land, David is a boy who is quite literally adrift. The piece of paper explaining his situation is lost, but a fellow passenger, Simón, vows to look after the boy. When the boat docks, David and Simón are issued new names, new birthdays, and virtually a whole new life.Strangers in a strange land, knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David’s mother.
