Life & Times of Michael K

📖 The Scoop

• Celebrated for his searing, intimate and unsparing storytelling, J. M. Coetzee has remained an eminent figure in literature for almost half a century
• A wonderful opportunity for readers to rediscover the life and work of one of the world’s most renowned writers
• In a South Africa ravaged by civil 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
• Life & Times of Michael K was awarded the Booker Prize in 1983, marking the first of J. M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize wins. He would go on to win the prize again in 1999 for his novel Disgrace
• New introduction by Stephanie Bishop to be extracted in major print or online publications such as Age, Guardian and NZ Herald
• Advertising campaign in both print and online publications such as the Monthly, the Lifted Brow, Kill Your Darlings, Australian Book Review and across social media; bookmarks featuring W.H Chong’s original cover artwork; giveaways and promotions with writer organisations such as the SA Writers Centre and journals such as Farrago, Voiceworks and Meanjin promoting the attractive price points and new introductions
• Born in South Africa, J. M. Coetzee now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and has won the Booker Prize twice

Genre: Fiction / Literary (fancy, right?)