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Dec 17, 2020
Tien
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Michael K has no particular love for his mother especially since they've lived estranged from each other and he spent most of his life in an institution due to his hare lip and simple mind. Whether his mind is truly simple is up to the reader to decide. Even as he accepted his duty to care for his sick mother, he appears to able to take initiatives and the necessary steps to get things done; to make his mother happy at first and later on, his freedom. He drifted through the roads and war, at tim
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A remarkable story, somber, melancholy yet moving and beautiful. Elegantly written, Coetzee is a very talented author.
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Aggie V
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