Disgrace
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J. M. Coetzee
The provocative Booker Prize winning novel from Nobel laureate, J.M. Coetzee"Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it." —The New YorkerAt fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. When an affair with a student leaves him jobless, shunned by friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife, he retreats to his daughter Lucy's smallholding. David's visit becomes an extended stay as he attempts to find meaning in his one remaining relationship. Instead, an incident of unimaginable terror and violence forces father and daughter to confront their strained relationship and the equallity complicated racial complexities of the new South Africa. 2024 marks the 25th Anniversary of the publication of Disgrace
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Author
J. M. Coetzee
Pages
224
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2017-01-03
ISBN
1524705462 9781524705466
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"Broken people always make for a better read but this was hard at times. I am glad I read it and want to read more of his work. About a 1/3 of the way in I had this dread that it was going to be about how the main character would find meaning in his life by living the simple country life. I think the actual outcome was more realistic and therefore more satisfying even if quite depressing."
John Woakes