Disgrace by Jm Coetzee
David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, is a scholar fallen into disgrace. After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, he 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 an isolated smallholding owned by his daughter Lucy. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. He helps with the dogs in the kennels, takes produce to market, and assists with treating injured animals at a nearby refuge. 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 faultlines in their relationship. Chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable, Disgrace is a masterpiece.
"A masterpiece..perhaps the best novel to carry off the Booker in a decade" -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
"Coetzee captures with appalling skill the white dilemma in South Africa" * Daily Telegraph *
"Disgrace explores the furthest reaches of what it means to be human; it is at the frontier of world literature" -- Geoff Dyer * Sunday Telegraph *
"A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today" * The Times *
"Exhilarating... One of the best novelists alive" * Sunday Times *
"Coetzee captures with appalling skill the white dilemma in South Africa" * Daily Telegraph *
"Disgrace explores the furthest reaches of what it means to be human; it is at the frontier of world literature" -- Geoff Dyer * Sunday Telegraph *
"A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today" * The Times *
"Exhilarating... One of the best novelists alive" * Sunday Times *
J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846553905 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846553903 |
| Title | Disgrace |
| Author | J M Coetzee |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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