Disgrace
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Disgrace
First American Edition (7)
by J. M. Coetzee
- 2 Ratings
- 33 Want to read
- 2 Currently reading
- 6 Have read
Published
1999
by
Viking
in
New York, USA
.
Written in English
Subjects
abortion,
euthanasia,
animal shelters,
agoraphobia,
Domestic fiction,
Farm life,
Farm life in fiction,
Fathers and daughters,
Fathers and daughters in fiction,
Fiction,
Fiction in Spanish,
Man Booker Prize Winner,
Political correctness,
Political correctness in fiction,
Politics and government,
South Africa in fiction,
Teacher-student relationships,
Teacher-student relationships in fiction,
Veterinarians,
Veterinarians in fiction,
award:man_booker_prize=1999,
rape
People
Places
Times
About the Book
At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife. He retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding, where a brief visit becomes an extended stay as he tries to find meaning from the one remaining relationship. David attempts to relate to Lucy and to a society with new racial complexities are disrupted by an afternoon of violence that shakes all of his beliefs and threatens to destroy his daughter. In this wry, visceral, yet strangely tender novel, Coetzee once again tells "truths [that] cut to the bone" (The New York Times Book Review).
Edition Notes
Man Booker Prize Winner 1999
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- Created November 7, 2008
- 9 revisions
| February 7, 2020 | Edited by Lisa | Edited without comment. |
| May 13, 2019 | Edited by Clean Up Bot | import existing book |
| February 17, 2019 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
| February 17, 2019 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
| November 7, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from The Laurentian Library MARC record. |