Disgrace: Vintage 21
Paperback Published on: 04/08/2011
Price: £7.99
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Powerful
How could I even begin to provide a sypnosis for this novel, it is about everything, its about life. Always making the "must read before you die" lists, no... READ MORE
Disgracefully good
Even if you object to the somewhat, erm, lurid (sorry)figure of David Lurie, the lecturer who leches, you cannot help but be seduced by Coetzee's exquisite... READ MORE
Disgracefully good
Even if you object to the somewhat, erm, lurid (sorry)figure of David Lurie, the lecturer who leches, you cannot help but be seduced by Coetzee's exquisite... READ MORE
Synopsis
David Lurie, a middle-aged divorcee lecturing at the Technical University of Cape Town, has an impulsive affair with a student. When the passion sours and he is denounced, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, he finds calm in the routine of farm life, but the balance of power in the country is shifting. When he and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack, all the faultlines in their relationship are revealed.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099563129
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 16 mm
- Weight: 224g
Customer Reviews
View allDisgrace
So good it hurts.
Dismal Days
Coetzee is now a Nobel Laureate whose recent novels have been allegorical narratives of an uncertain type. 'Disgrace', an earlier but highly regarded novel... READ MORE
loved it
loved it from beginning to end.. I really like his books.
Amazing
I would like to say I loved this book, but that would be wrong.
It is a disturbing and compelling tale of two rapes. The lead character is unlikeable, this... READ MORE