His most famous novel involves the protagonist's travels from Prince Albert to Cape Town to return his mother's ashes to her home.  
One of his works contains a story in which Eugene Dawn stabs his own son after enduring psychological warfare in Vietnam.  Another of his works features Mrs. Curren, whose maid's son was murdered by the police.  Yet another work centers on Magda, the daughter of a sheep farmer who clings to his concubine for security.  In addition to Dusklands, Age of Iron, and In the Heart of the Country, he fictionalized his life in Boyhood and Youth.  His most famous novel involves the protagonist's travels from Prince Albert to Cape Town to return his mother's ashes to her home.  FTP name this South African author of Waiting for the Barbarians and Life and Times of Michael K.
One of his works contains a story in which Eugene Dawn stabs his own son after enduring psychological warfare in Vietnam.  
John Maxwell {Coetzee}