Life & Times of Michael K
J. M. COETZEE

Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee 57 reviews (1983) (184p) Man Booker Prize Winner New York Times® Best Fiction Books

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Book Description

First published in 1983 and winner of the Booker Prize. Set in a turbulent South Africa, a young gardener decides to take his mother away from the violence towards a new life in the abandoned countryside, but finds that war follows wherever he goes. From the author of DUSKLANDS and IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY.

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Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee 515 reviews (1999) (220p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (NYTimes) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee 17 reviews (1991) (208p) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS by J. M. Coetzee 85 reviews (1982) (160p) (NYTimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

J. M. Coetzee Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 5   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 3   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 1 Disgrace ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 2 Disgrace · Life & Times of Michael K ·   Man Booker Prize Nominations 3 Disgrace · Life & Times of Michael K · Summertime ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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