Life & Times of Michael K
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
Life & Times of Michael K is a 1983 novel by South African-born author J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2003. The book itself won the Booker Prize for 1983. The novel is a story of hare lipped, simple gardener Michael K, who makes an arduous journey from civil war-ridden urban South Africa to his mother's rural birthplace, during apartheid era, in the 1970-80s.
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- Bookseller
- Passages Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000414
- Title
- Life & Times of Michael K
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ravan Press
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1983
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