Life & Times of Michael KFour modern classics by the great South African writer, J. M. Coetzee, re released with stylish new covers and accompanied by introductions from some of Australia's brightest writing talents. There was a cord of tenderness that stretched from him to the patch of earth beside that dam and must be cut. It seemed to him that one could cut a cord like that only so many times before it would not grow again. Life & Times of Michael K follows Michael K as he