Disgrace
| AUTHOR | Coetzee, J. M.; Coetzee, J. M. |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Books (11/01/2000) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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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 Yorker At 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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ISBN-13:
9780140296402
ISBN-10:
0140296409
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
224
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
5.00 x 0.60 x 7.70 inches
Weight:
0.40 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
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Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Family Life - General
Fiction | Cultural Heritage
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
Library of Congress Control Number:
99055216
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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 Yorker At 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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