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Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

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Life and Times of Michael K

Author
J.M. Coetzee
Narrator
Jack Klaff
Publisher
Random House
Publish Date
13 November 2014
Run Time
7 hours 17 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

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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.

Critics Review

  • 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 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 enough

    Evening Standard

  • Beautifully written in a strong, plain, unpretentious style...distinguished by grim humour and powerful understatement

    Sunday Express

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  • The quality of Coetzee's writing lies in his inner vision: dark, passionately compassionate, concerned with the nature of man

    Financial Times

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Details
Author
J.M. Coetzee
Narrator
Jack Klaff
Duration
7 hours 17 minutes
Release Date
13 November 2014
ISBN
9781473513792
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Random House
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

Synopsis

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.

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