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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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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Add this copy of Life and Times of Michael K to cart. $44.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1983 by Ravan.
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Add this copy of Life & Times of Michael K to cart. $55.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1983 by Ravan Press.
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Edition:
First South African Edition, First Printing
Publisher:
Ravan
Published:
1983
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18176876551
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Book. Octavo, 250 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has bending wear along the front and rear covers, and mild wear along the extremities. Boards have mild wear along the extremities. Textblock has mild bending wear along the head fore corners of several pages, splitting to gutter from the front end-page and title page, a stain on the title page, a stain on the head edge, mild age-toning along the edges, and mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by J. M. Coetzee on title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. 1388066. Special Collections.
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Johannesburg. 1983. Ravan Press. 1st South African Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 086975159x. Winner Prix Femina Etranger-France. 249 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Marcus Wilson-Smith. keywords: Literature South Africa. FROM THE PUBLISHER-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. Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize inventory #2152.
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