The Life and Times of Michael K (collected Works of Coetzee)

About This Novel

"The Life and Times of Michael K" is a Booker Prize-winning novel, the highest award for English literature. In war-torn South Africa, Michael K embarks on a journey to take his sick mother back to her home in the countryside. Halfway through, his mother died, leaving Michael K alone in this chaotic world, surrounded by brutal and roaming armies. Michael K was imprisoned, but he could not accept the imprisonment and was determined to live with dignity, so he escaped. This life-affirming novel goes to the heart of the human experience: the need for an inner, spiritual life, the need to find connection with the world we live in, and the need to maintain a pure perspective.

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