Winner of the Booker Prize'An astonishing book: lucid, graphic, sensitive-It will go on haunting me' Observer'A strong and memorable novel' Guardian'It strikes deep inside the heart-The story is clean, clear straight, the work of a mature imagination at full power-here is a book that will be celebrated for a long time' Mail on Sunday'This is a truly astonishing novel-I finished Life and Times of Michael K in a state of elation, for all the misery and suffering it contains. I cannot recommend it highly enough' Evening Standard'Beautifully written in a strong, plain, unpretentious style-distinguished by grim humour and powerful understatement' Sunday Express'The quality of Coetzee's writing lies in his inner vision: dark, passionately compassionate, concerned with the nature of man' Financial Times
J.M. Coetzee’s work includes
Waiting for the Barbarians,
Life & Times of Michael K,
Boyhood,
Youth,
Disgrace,
Summertime,
The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently,
The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
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.
'This is a truly astonishing novel... I finished Life & Times of Michael K in a state of elation, for all the misery and suffering it contains. I cannot recommend it highly enough' Evening Standard
A strong and memorable novelIt strikes deep inside the heart...The story is clean, clear, straight, the work of a mature imagination at full power...here is a book that will be celebrated for a long timeThis is a trule astonishing novel... I finished
Life & Times of Michael K in a state of elation, for all the misery and suffering it contains. I cannot recommend it highly enoughBeautifully written in a strong, plain, unpretentious style...distinguished by grim humour and powerful understatementThe quality of Coetzee's writing lies in his inner vision: dark, passionately compassionate, concerned with the nature of man
