About This Novel
"The Boy" is one of Coetzee's trilogy of autobiographical novels. It describes the protagonist's childhood life in South Africa when he was ten to thirteen years old. All the plots are innocent and gloomy, and full of strange fantasies unique to teenage boys. However, behind all these detailed narratives, a more grand narrative intention can be seen. Through a little boy and an ordinary middle-class family, readers can witness the cultural imperialism of the colonizers that sowed the seeds of conflict between different ethnic groups and races in South African society. Coetzee uses this to lay out the tragic context of the book. Through the inner confusion of the protagonist, the cliché of difficult times unexpectedly interprets a new set of discourse.
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