Disgrace
By: J.M. Coetzee.
Edition: Large print edition; General Series edition
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Thorndike, ME
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780786224791
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.; Veterinarians -- Fiction.; Farm life -- Fiction.; Large type books.; South Africa -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: David Lurie 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 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 attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship.