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Disgrace - J M Coetzee

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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...


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~~ Disgrace - A search for the face of humanity ~~
By: Paulsb02 Star Writer | Jul 20, 2009 04:29 PM

Disgrace is a short, bleak novel dealing humanity, brutality, individuality and freedom. JM Coetzee, a winner of Booker prize &Nobel Prize tells us that we have to keep the humanity ahead of our... Read complete review |  Read 292 times |  Comments (16)  
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''Burn, burned, burnt''
By: gunzi | Feb 08, 2006 10:10 AM

Disgrace is about Sex, Scandal, Rape, Rage, Racism and beating hearts… It is a story with a unique plot and unimaginable situations, but identifiable at some level. Disgrace is the story of... Read complete review |  Read 1900 times |  Comments (2)  
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Dystopian and cathartic
By: matwalaboy Member's photo available | Jan 08, 2005 09:05 PM

Man is a social being infected by vices and blessed with virtues. It is the summation of the right and the wrong, the just and unjust deeds he does, his vile and his goodliness that ultimately decide what... Read complete review |  Read 6105 times |  Comments (44)  
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Of Bryon, Euthanasia and Katy
By: fastnotfurious Member's photo available | Jun 15, 2004 11:37 PM

This bookI read has won the booker prize. WhenI started reading itI thought what the hell did the judges see in this book! whenI finished reading it,i knew wat they saw. So simple and elegantly written... Read complete review |  Read 2146 times |  Comments (1)  

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Of Politics & the Male Itch
By: premjit Member's photo available | Dec 25, 2003 11:38 PM

J.M Coetzee’s Disgrace is a novel that could make one ponder:- ~~ Is a man to be faulted for his libido? This isn’t something that he specifically asked for. He was born with... Read complete review |  Read 17339 times |  Comments (21)  
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