Welcome to J.M. Coetzee’s South Africa, at the point when the long-standing racially discriminatory policy of apartheid begins to fall apart. Disgrace looks at issues of power among South Africa’s different communities and tells the story of David Lurie, a teacher who commits a disgraceful act. Leaving his job and his life behind, he goes to stay temporarily with his daughter, a small crop farmer and boarder of dogs, in another part of South Africa. At the farm, a second abrupt incident again throws his life out of order, but this time, there are no simple solutions. In fact, nothing in this compact novel is as simple as it seems.

 

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