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Disgrace

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Zusatztext After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of CapeTown! David Lurie! middle-aged and twice divorced! has an impulsive affairwith a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned beforea committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt! but refusing to yieldto pressure to repent publicly! he resigns and retreats to his daughterLucy's isolated smallholding. For a time! his daughter's influence andthe natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life.But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy becomevictims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief allthe faultlines in their relationship. Informationen zum Autor J.M. Coetzee ’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians , Life & Times of Michael K , Boyhood , Youth , Disgrace , Summertime , The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus . He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. Klappentext 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 pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. Zusammenfassung **A BBC RADIO 4 GOOD READ** 'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times 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 pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. **A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World** ...

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Authors J. M. Coetzee, Jean M. Coetzee
Publisher Vintage UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 06.04.2000
 
EAN 9780099284826
ISBN 978-0-09-928482-6
No. of pages 219
Dimensions 110 mm x 180 mm x 15 mm
Series Vintage Paperbacks
Vintage Paperbacks
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Narrative theme: Social issues, Republic of South Africa, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / Southern Africa, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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