Bookclub-in-a-Box takes you behind the scenes into J.M. Coetzee’s South Africa, at the point when the long-standing racially discriminatory policy of apartheid begins to fall apart. Coetzee 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.

Let Bookclub-in-a-Box guide you to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the novel Disgrace, as you:

• Discover how Coetzee’s genius with words and sentences is calculated to create a tightly layered and powerful novel.
• Learn more about the impact that the dissolution of apartheid has on all of South Africa’s communities.
• Consider the moral implications of power, how it is wielded by both blacks and whites, and how that power might be wielded in the future.
• Uncover the classic literary connections between Coetzee’s novel and Byron, Dante, and still other literary references in this novel that is also destined to become a classic.

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