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The Life and Times of Michael K

By John Maxwell Coetzee

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| Paperback | 9780099479154

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In South Africa, whose civil administration is colapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows hContinue

In South Africa, whose civil administration is colapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows him. Tracked down and locked up as a collaborator with the rural guerrillas, he embarks on a fast that angers, baffles, and finally awes his captors. The story of Michael K is the story of a man caught up in a war beyond his understanding, but determined to live his life, however minimally, on his own terms. J.M. Coetzee has produced a masterpiece which has the astonishing power to make the wilderness boom.

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  • K為了送母親回鄉,歷經波折。母親死後,K一度遺世獨立,種植瓜果作為食物。小說裡描寫K採摘、烤食南瓜的段落,讓我印象很深: “Then came the evening when the first pumpkin was ripe enough to cut…On the wire grid he had made he laid strips of pumpkin over a bed of coals that glowed brighter and brighter as the dark came on. The fragrance of the burning flesh rose ... (continue)

    K為了送母親回鄉,歷經波折。母親死後,K一度遺世獨立,種植瓜果作為食物。小說裡描寫K採摘、烤食南瓜的段落,讓我印象很深: “Then came the evening when the first pumpkin was ripe enough to cut…On the wire grid he had made he laid strips of pumpkin over a bed of coals that glowed brighter and brighter as the dark came on. The fragrance of the burning flesh rose into the sky… He lifted the first strip to his mouth. Beneath the crisply charred skin the flesh was soft and juicy. He chewed with tears in his eyes. ”

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