Life & Times of Michael K
$21.08
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2019
Summary
Four modern classics by the great South African writer, J. M. Coetzee, re-released with stylish new covers and accompanied by introductions from some of Australia’s brightest writing talents.
“There was a cord of tenderness that stretched from him to the patch of earth beside that dam and must be cut. It seemed to him that one could cut a cord like that only so many times before it would not grow again.”
Michael K is returning his elderly mother to her rural birthplace when sh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925773873 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925773876 |
| Author: | J.M. Coetzee |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
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‘An outstanding achievement.’
‘An outstanding achievement.’ * Nadine Gordimer *
‘A major work of crystalline intensity.’ * Los Angeles Times *
‘So purifying to the senses that one comes away feeling that one’s eye has been sharpened, one’s hearing vivified.’ * New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
J.M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. His work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, Disgrace, and Diary of a Bad Year. He lives in Adelaide.
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