Life and Times of Michael K Tapa dura - 1984

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Viking Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Viking Books, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1984. First Edition. 8vo. Orange paper covered boards with black cloth spine. 184 pp. Tight, clean very good copy with a little foxing on the top edge of the text block. A dime size water stain on endpaper at top of back gutter where a drop of water probably made the spine bleed a little./A very good to fine dust jacket.. J. M. Coetzee takes us into the world of Michael K, a young man unwillingly caught up in a war in South Africa. At the age of thirty-one, Michael loses his job as a gardener for the city of Cape Town, and promises to take his ailing mother back to her home town of Prince Albert. On the way there she dies leaving Michael completely alone. He takes refuge on a deserted farm, living off the land "by the rising and setting of the sun in a pocket outside time." . . . In this compelling yet simple story, written in beautiful, spare prose, J.M. Coetzee goes to the center of human experience - the need for an interior, spiritual life; for some connections to the… Leer más

first U.S. printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone to text pages; tight bind; 1/4 cloth cover has bumped lower corner tips, bright gilt titling; dust jacket has some rub to glossy panels, rub and bump to corner tips, light foxing to inside panel surface; flap price present