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Vida y época de Michael K

Vida y época de Michael K

DystopianLiterary Fiction
Pages
192
Published
2006
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

In a country ravaged by civil war, Michael K, a man with a harelip, embarks on a journey to take his ailing mother back to her birthplace in the countryside. When she dies en route, he continues alone, seeking a simple existence away from the conflict. His quest for peace leads him through a desolate landscape, where he faces hardship, internment, and the constant struggle for freedom and self-sufficiency.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

MelancholicThought-ProvokingComplex
SurvivalFish Out of Water

Genres

Dystopian Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic

Authors

J
J. M. Coetzee

John Maxwell Coetzee FRSL OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates. [so...