Life and Times of Michael K

TitleLife and Times of Michael K
Year for Search1974
AuthorsCoetzee, J[ohn] M[axwell](b. 1940)
Tertiary AuthorsCoetzee, J. M.
Date Published1974
PublisherRavan Press
Place PublishedJohannesburg, South Africa
KeywordsMale author, South African author
Annotation

Dystopia that follows a poor, uneducated man through the turmoil of social conflict/civil war with South Africa under the control of the military.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Secker & Warburg, 1983.

Info Notes

A play with Michael K. as a puppet adapted and directed by Lara Foot with the puppet created by the Handspring Puppet Company opened at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, December 5, 2023.

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Author Note

|South African author (b. 1940) who moved to Australia in 2002 and became an Australian citizen in 2006. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

Full Text

1974 Coetzee, J[ohn] M[axwell] (b. 1940). Life and Times of Michael K. Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan Press. Rpt. London: Secker & Warburg, 1983. A play with Michael K. as a puppet adapted and directed by Lara Foot with the puppet created by the Handspring Puppet Company opened at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, December 5, 2023. O

Dystopia that follows a poor, uneducated man through the turmoil of social conflict/civil war with South Africa under the control of the military. South African author who moved to Australia in 2002 and became an Australian citizen in 2006. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.