The Life and Times of Michael K.

Hunger, suffering, and death reign all around. A small man, Michael K., who is looked at askance because of his cleft lip, is carrying his exhausted mother to her homeland. She is too worn out to endure the journey in... a tin cart — death comes for her right on the road, and Michael is left all alone in an unjust world. Prison, torture, and labor camps — are just a small part of what he will have to face. But despite the chaos surrounding him, Michael goes his way towards peace and freedom.
«The Life and Times of Michael K.» — a thunderous story
about an entire era, in which everyone is assigned the role of a loser or winner. A novel about loneliness, despair
and resilience.