Southern Africa
South Africa
Contemporary
English
Fiction
The story of Michael K's arduous journey from Cape Town to his mother's rural birthplace during a fictitious civil war in apartheid-era South Africa.
Literary Significance
Winner of 1983 Booker Prize; Coetzee won Nobel Prize in Literature 2003
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editorial-summarynot primary textThe story of Michael K's arduous journey from Cape Town to his mother's rural birthplace during a fictitious civil war in apartheid-era South Africa. Winner of 1983 Booker Prize; Coetzee won Nobel Prize in Literature 2003
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