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After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated farm. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonize his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faults in their relationship. Chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable, Disgrace is a masterpiece. "From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Disgrace, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Disgrace
- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 232
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Society, Sexuality & Intimacy, English Literature, Africa, Adapted for Film, Violence, Race, Racism, University, College, Struggle for Power, Present, Teachers, Rape, Thefts and Robberies, Farms, Homesteads, South Africa, Daughters, Unhappy Love, Apartheid, Booker Prize, Cape Town, South African Literature, University Novel
- First published
- 1999
- Original title
- Disgrace
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated farm. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonize his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faults in their relationship. Chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable, Disgrace is a masterpiece. "From the Trade Paperback edition.