Disgrace
About this book
At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife. He retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding, where a brief visit becomes an extended stay as he tries to find meaning from the one remaining relationship. David attempts to relate to Lucy and to a society with new racial complexities are disrupted by an afternoon of violence that shakes all of his beliefs and threatens to destroy his daughter. In this wry, visceral, yet strangely tender novel, Coetzee once again tells "truths [that] cut to the bone" (The New York Times Book Review).
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 121276 readers · 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Disgrace?
About ≈ 4 h 40 m — 252 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Disgrace?
252 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Disgrace?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Has Disgrace been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Disgrace (2009), Disgrace (2008).
Is Disgrace in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Disgrace?
The main characters include David Lurie, Lucy Lurie, Bev Shaw, Petrus.
Where does Disgrace take place?
It is set in South Africa, Cape Town, Eastern Cape during 1994-, Xian dai.
Who wrote Disgrace?
J. M. Coetzee.