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**A BBC RADIO 4 GOOD READ** 'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times 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 smallholding. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to 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. **A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
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Disgrace, John Maxwell Coetzee
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2024
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- Titel
- Disgrace
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- John Maxwell Coetzee
- Uitgever
- Random House UK Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2024
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1784879053
- ISBN13
- 9781784879051
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Klassiekers, Samenleving, Seksualiteit & intimiteit, Engelse literatuur, Afrika, Verfilmd, Geweld, Ras, Racisme, Hogeschool, universiteit, Strijd om de macht, Hedendaags, Lerares, leraren, professoren, Verkrachting, Diefstallen en Overvallen, Landbouw, boerderijen, Dochteren, Republiek Zuid-Afrika, Ongelukkig Liefde, Apartheid, Booker Prize, Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrikaanse Literatuur, Universitaire Roman
- Eerste editie
- 1999
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Disgrace
- Beoordeling
- 3,75 van 5
- Aantekening
- **A BBC RADIO 4 GOOD READ** 'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times 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 smallholding. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to 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. **A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**