书目

Disgrace:ReadingGuideEdition(VintageClassics)

内容简介

ONEOFFIVENEWVINTAGEFUTURECLASSICSREADINGGUIDEEDITIONSINCLUDESAREADINGGUIDEAfteryearsteachingRomanticpoetryattheTechnicalUniversityofCapeTown,DavidLurie,middle-agedandtwicedivorced,hasanimpulsiveaffairwithastudent.Theaffairsours;heisdenouncedandsummonedbeforeacommitteeofinquiry.Willingtoadmithisguilt,butrefusingtoyieldtopressuretorepentpublicly,heresignsandretreatstohisdaughterLucy'sisolatedsmallholding.Foratime,hisdaughter'sinfluenceandthenaturalrhythmsofthefarmpromisetoharmonisehisdiscordantlife.Butthebalanceofpowerinthecountryisshifting.HeandLucybecomevictimsofasavageanddisturbingattackwhichbringsintoreliefallthefaultlinesintheirrelationship.

作者简介

JMCoetzee'sworkincludesWaitingForTheBarbarians,Life&TimesofMichaelK,Boyhood:ScenesFromProvincialLife,Youth,ElizabethCostello,SlowMan,DiaryofaBadYear,and,mostrecently,Summertime.HewasthefirstauthortowintheBookerPrizetwiceandwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein2003.

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