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Life & Times of Michael K
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670427896
- ISBN 13
- 9780670427895
- Seller
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Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1984 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. first printing. The jacket has some slight edge wear and the corners are slightly rubbed. Else a very fine copy. The binding is straight and tight. not clipped and not remaindered. DJ in protective mylar.Fourth book by the South African novelist and his first to win the Booker Prize. Coetzee received the Booker Prize again in 1999 for his novel Disgrace..
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Tome Raiders (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000722
- Title
- Life & Times of Michael K
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670427896
- ISBN 13
- 9780670427895
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- J.M. Coetzee, first edition, life and times of michael K
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Tome Raiders
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.