LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K
New York: Viking Press, 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. 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. JM Coetzee won the Nobel prize for literature in 2003 for his dark meditations on post-apartheid South Africa that have been acclaimed for reflecting the human condition.184 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #15151
ISBN: 0670427896
Price: $150.00