Sinnvoll24
Disgrace
eBook
Langbeschreibung
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.
Hauptbeschreibung
'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The TimesAfter 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. **One of the BBC s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Inhaltsverzeichnis
J.M. Coetzees work includesWaiting for the Barbarians,Life&Times of Michael K,Boyhood,Youth,Disgrace,Summertime,The Childhood of Jesusand, most recently,The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
Autor*in:
J M Coetzee
Art:
Digitalprodukt/E-Book (Download)
Sprache :
Englisch
Zeit:
224 S., 0.24 MB
ISBN-13:
9781409027270
Verlag:
VINTAGE DIGITAL
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.05.2015
Erscheinungsjahr:
2015
Ausgabe:
1/2015