Disgrace
Edition: 2008 edition (9); Movie tie-in
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780143115281
Copyright date: 1999
Description: At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. When an affair with a student leaves him jobless, shunned by friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife, he retreats to his daughter Lucy's smallholding. David's visit becomes an extended stay as he attempts to find meaning in his one remaining relationship. Instead, an incident of unimaginable terror and violence forces father and daughter to confront their strained relationship—and the equally complicated racial complexities of the new South Africa.
--back cover