num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: Youth
titlecomplete: Youth
characters: John Coetzee
genres: Fiction, African Literature, South Africa, Literature, Nobel Prize, Novels, Contemporary, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 7520
places: Cape Town, South Africa, London, England
series: Scenes from Provincial Life
publisher: Vintage