Disgrace

Disgrace

By: J.M. Coetzee
Reviewed by: szoghi, 17

Rating: Really liked it



This book is about a professor who uses his power to exploit a student intimately. Although at first she tried shying away from him, he searched the campus directories and phone books until he found her. It is a disturbing novel on how the professor, David Lurie, conducts himself after being discovered of his sin. Now considered a social outcast, David moves to live with his daughter Melanie. Although she lives in a peaceful place in the countryside, they are disrupted when intruders come and rape her. Now, the Lurie family has to deal with these new issues, issues that parallel the problems in South Africa at the time. This is definitely a book to read, because of the powerful details, imagery, and plot. The reader is exposed to some major flaws of society.


Recommended to: Ages 16 and Up