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Life and Times of Michael K
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good -
- ISBN 10
- 0436102978
- ISBN 13
- 9780436102974
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1983. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, first 1983 reprint, 249 pages; bottom edge remainder dot, light dust speckling to top edge, otherwise very gently used, very clean and unmarked ; DJ gently bumped and rubbed along edges and hinges, one tiny tear at top back.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -.
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
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038045
- Title
- Life and Times of Michael K
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0436102978
- ISBN 13
- 9780436102974
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- SOUTH AFRICA FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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