(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983) 086975159X. First edition. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 250. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Early work by the Nobel Literature laureate. "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." .

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Life & Times of Michael K is a 1983 novel by South African-born author J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2003. The book itself won the Booker Prize for 1983. The novel is a story of hare lipped, simple gardener Michael K, who makes an arduous journey from civil war-ridden urban South Africa to his mother's rural birthplace, during apartheid era, in the 1970-80s.

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13502
Title: Life & Times of Michael K
Author: Coetzee, J. M
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 086975159X
ISBN 13: 9780869751596
Publisher: (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983) 086975159X
Place of Publication: Johannesburg
This edition first published: 1983
Keywords: Modern First Editions. Nobel Literature Laureates South African Literature
Bookseller catalogs: South African Literature;

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