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Fall from grace in post-apartheid South Africa.
"Disgrace" isn't just a book; it's an experience. It's a compelling exploration of personal and political turmoil, with a prose that demands to be absorbed slowly. The complexities of Coetzee's characters and the raw honesty in which he examines the flaws of human morality will resonate with you, especially if you're intrigued by the intricacies of human fallibility and redemption within a society that's grappling with its identity.
ISBN: 9780099284826
Authors:
J.M. Coetzee
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2000-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 105397 readers)
Description
A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities, he is expected to apologize and repent in an effort to save his job, but he refuses to become a scapegoat in what he sees as a show trial designed to reinforce stringent political correctness. He preempts the authorities and leaves his job, and the city, to spend time with his grown-up lesbian daughter on her remote farm. Things between them are strained - there is much from the past they need to reconcile - and the situation becomes critical when they are the victims of a brutal and horrifying attack. In spectacularly powerful and lucid prose, J.M. Coetzee uses all his formidable skills to engage with a post-apartheid culture in unexpected and revealing ways. This examination into the sexual and political fault lines of modern South Africa as it tries desperately to start a fresh page in its history is chilling, uncompromising, and unforgettable.
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