Disgrace
Registered by rem_TCL-173619 on 7/4/2006
3 journalers for this copy...
Back cover:
"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 smallholiding.
For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise tot 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."
"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 smallholiding.
For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise tot 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."
Das Buch kommt in die "Literatur aus aller Welt" BookBox.
Journal Entry 3 by rumble-bee from Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Tuesday, October 10, 2006
habe es aus der Box "Aus aller Welt" entnommen.
Coetzee gehört für mich zu meinen persönlichen Bildungslücken.
Coetzee gehört für mich zu meinen persönlichen Bildungslücken.
Arrived today! Thank you, rumble-bee!
This book will soon be on its way to the new OBCZ at Pilgrims Book House in Kathmandu, Nepal.
