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Disgrace, J. M. Coetzee
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
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- Titel
- Disgrace
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- J. M. Coetzee
- Verlag
- Penguin Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 220
- ISBN10
- 0140296409
- ISBN13
- 9780140296402
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Familie, Gegenwartsliteratur, Klassiker, Gesellschaft, Sexualität & Intimität, Englische Literatur, Afrika, Verfilmt, Gewalt, Rasse, Rassismus, Universität, Machtkampf, Gegenwart, Lehrer, Vergewaltigung, Diebstähle und Raubüberfälle, Farmen, Bauernhof, Töchter, Südafrika, Unglückliche Liebe, Apartheid, Booker Preis, Kapstadt, Südafrikanische Literatur, Universitätsroman
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1999
- Originaltitel
- Disgrace
- Bewertung
- 3,75 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- From the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. "Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it." —The New Yorker 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 equallity complicated racial complexities of the new South Africa.