An edition of Life & times of Michael K (1983)

Life & times of Michael K

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Life & times of Michael K
J. M. Coetzee, J. M. Coetzee
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An edition of Life & times of Michael K (1983)

Life & times of Michael K

  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 55 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Coetzee here tells the story of a handicapped young man who has worked as a municipal gardener in Cape Town. His mother is dying, and she wishes to return to her birthplace out in the veldt. Without the required transit passes, mother and son set out on a journey that will end in death for her and in a new but temporary life on an abandoned farm for him. His respite in isolation and peace does not last long, however; grotesque reality soon returns to trouble this quiet new world. Against the solitude of this private drama, Coetzee paints an eloquent and pained picture of his homeland and of the bureaucrats, doctors, army deserters, and camp guards who reveal the stress and qualms of their existence and who uneasily sense that there is no conclusion to their troubles and no future for their lives.

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Publisher
Ravan
Language
English
Pages
249

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Cover of: Maikeru K
Maikeru K
2006, Chikuma Shobō
in Japanese
Cover of: Michael K, sa vie, son temps
Michael K, sa vie, son temps
March 2, 2000, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Michael K, Sa Vie, Son Temps
Michael K, Sa Vie, Son Temps
May 1992, Editions Du Seuil, Seuil
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
1985, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
1984, Viking Press
in English
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
1984, Viking Press
in English
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
1983, J. Curley
in English
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
1983, Ravan
in English
Cover of: Life & times of Michael K
Life & times of Michael K
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Edition Notes

Published in
Johannesburg
Other Titles
Life and times of Michael K., Life and times of Michael K.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
828.99363 UKP
Library of Congress
PR9369.3 C652ℓ, 1983b

The Physical Object

Pagination
249 p.
Number of pages
249

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL43795717M
ISBN 10
086975159X
ISBN 13
9780869751596
OCLC/WorldCat
13574499
Wikidata
Q119352947

Work Description

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.

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