Life & Times of Michael K [2] – Coetzee, J. M.

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ISBN: 0670427896 Title: Life & Times of Michael K Author: Coetzee, J. M. Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Viking Press, New York Publication Date: 1983 Edition: First American Edition Book Condition: F D-j Condition: VG Comments: D-j has shelf wear. Synopsis: In South Africa, whose civil administration is collapsing 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.