Disgrace
of J.M. Coetzee
Description
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee’s searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a twice divorced, 52-year-old professor of communications and Romantic Poetry at Cape Technical University. Lurie believes he has created a comfortable, if somewhat passionless, life for himself. He lives within his financial and emotional means. Though his position at the university has been reduced, he teaches his classes dutifully; and while age has diminished his attractiveness, weekly visits to a prostitute satisfy his sexual needs. He considers himself happy. However, when Lurie seduces one of his students, he sets in motion a chain of events that will shatter his complacency and leave him utterly disgraced.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 220 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date August 30th 2005
- First Publication 10/28/99
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143036371
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['South Africa', 'Cape Town (South Africa)']
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