Life and Times of Michael K.
by COETZEE, J.M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0436102978
- ISBN 13
- 9780436102974
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 425930
- Title
- Life and Times of Michael K.
- Author
- COETZEE, J.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0436102978
- ISBN 13
- 9780436102974
- Publisher
- Secker and Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- NobelLaureate, BookerPrize
Terms of Sale
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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