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Life & Times of Michael K

by J.M. Coetzee

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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. 'This is a truly astonish...

First published 1983 214 pages
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Literature
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Must-Read
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4
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28
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DDC 828.99363 LCC PR-9369.30000000.C58 L5 1983b FastingFictionFiction, generalFiction, psychologicalGardenersInsurgencyLarge type booksMan Booker Prize Winner
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ISBN 9780099479154 English
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