NMLP P-012540 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

Life & Times of Michael K

J. M. Coetzee · Ravan Press (Johannesburg) · 1983

The true first is the South African edition: Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1983 (ISBN 086975159X), which multiple specialist dealers identify as the genuine first edition of Coetzee's first Booker Prize-winning novel; it was printed and bound in Britain for the South African publisher

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-012540 for "Life & Times of Michael K" by J. M. Coetzee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012540, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).