Disgrace

Paperback • 2009 • English • 1. edition

Disgrace

By John M. Coetzee

11 Ratings • 3.9 of 5

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About the book

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 pressue to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated small holding. For a time, his daughter's influence and natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant l...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Love and relationships

ISBN

9780099535140

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Disgrace

Format

Paperback

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Vanære

Hardcover · 2004

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11 Ratings • 3.9 of 5

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