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In South Africa, whose civil administration is colapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows him. Tracked down and locked up as a collaborator with the rural guerrillas, he embarks on a fast that angers, baffles, and finally awes his captors. The story of Michael K is the story of a man caught up in a war beyond his understanding, but determined to live his life, however minimally, on his own terms. J.M. Coetzee has produced a masterpiece which has the astonishing power to make the wilderness boom.
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Life & Times of Michael K, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 1998
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0099268345
- ISBN13
- 9780099268345
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Military Fiction, Wars, Death, Literary Fiction, Journey, Dark, Escape, Mothers, Loneliness, Nobel prize, South Africa, African Literature, Son, Starvation, Camp, Labor Camps, Booker Prize, South African Literature
- First published
- 1983
- Original title
- Life & Times of Michael K
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- In South Africa, whose civil administration is colapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows him. Tracked down and locked up as a collaborator with the rural guerrillas, he embarks on a fast that angers, baffles, and finally awes his captors. The story of Michael K is the story of a man caught up in a war beyond his understanding, but determined to live his life, however minimally, on his own terms. J.M. Coetzee has produced a masterpiece which has the astonishing power to make the wilderness boom.