Disgrace
Registered by perditaxknit of Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on 5/3/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Journal Entry 1 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, is a scholar fallen into disgrace. After years teaching romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, he 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 an isolated smallholding owned by his daughter Lucy.
For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. He helps with the dogs in the kennels, takes produce to market and assists with treating injured animals at a nearby refuge.
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...
For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. He helps with the dogs in the kennels, takes produce to market and assists with treating injured animals at a nearby refuge.
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...
Journal Entry 2 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 11, 2005
This is quite well written and gripping, but there is no real conclusion at the end. I think that is perhaps the point, though.
Released 19 yrs ago (5/11/2005 UTC) at
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Left by the entrance to the subway nearest to the Grosvenor hotel.
Left by the entrance to the subway nearest to the Grosvenor hotel.
