NMLP P-012546 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Waiting for the Barbarians

J. M. Coetzee · Secker & Warburg (London) · 1980

True first is the UK Secker & Warburg 1980 edition; the South African Ravan Press edition (Johannesburg) appeared in 1981 and is a later issue, and the US Penguin/Viking edition is later still. Despite Coetzee being South African, London preceded here.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-012546 for "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J. M. Coetzee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012546, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).