num_pages: 184
description: In a South Africa turned by war, Michael K. sets out to take his ailing 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. This life affirming novel goes to the center 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 & Times of Michael K
titlecomplete: Life & Times of Michael K
characters: Michael K
genres: Fiction, African Literature, War, South Africa, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 18670
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