Johannesburg. 1983. Ravan Press. 1st South African Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 086975159x. Winner Prix Femina Etranger - France. 249 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Marcus Wilson-Smith. keywords: Literature South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - 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. Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize inventory #2152 ISBN: 086975159x. ISBN 086975159x 9780869751596 [US]