For 10 points, name this country, the setting of The Life and Times of Michael K, as well as many other books by its native-born author J. M. Coetzee (kuut-SEE).
A novel set in this country begins with a man believing he has "solved the problem of sex rather well" because he regularly sees the prostitute Soraya. The protagonist of another novel set in this country becomes friends with a homeless man named December. That novel's protagonist grew up in this country's state institutional home of Huis Norenius, and carries his mother to the hospital in a wheelbarrow. An affair with Melanie Isaacs causes David Lurie to lose his job as an English professor in a novel set in this country, Disgrace. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of The Life and Times of Michael K, as well as many other books by its native-born author J. M. Coetzee (kuut-SEE).
A novel set in this country begins with a man believing he has "solved the problem of sex rather well" because he regularly sees the prostitute Soraya.
Republic of South Africa [or RSA]