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In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human experience -- the need for an interior, spiritual life, for some connections to the world in which we live, and for purity of vision.
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Wereld en wandel van Michael K., Peter Bergsma, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 2000
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Wereld en wandel van Michael K.
- Language
- Dutch
- Authors
- Peter Bergsma, J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Ambo
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 222
- ISBN10
- 9026316585
- ISBN13
- 9789026316586
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Military Fiction, Wars, Death, 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 a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human experience -- the need for an interior, spiritual life, for some connections to the world in which we live, and for purity of vision.