description: 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.
language: English
title: Life and Times of Michael K
titlecomplete: Life and Times of Michael K
characters: Michael K
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, South Africa, 20th Century, War, Novels, African Literature, Nobel Prize, Classics
ratings_count: 18674
places: Prince Albert, South Africa, Capetown
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Prix Femina
category: Étranger, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ
category: Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd