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A review by thefriendlyabyss
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
4.0
The word constantly spins in your head as you read this book. Less as an author, and more as a philosopher, Coetzee examines disgrace in all its forms.
From what you’d expect to what what you can tolerate and finally in what is unrecognizable, he centers his main character, David Lurie, on these questions. What does disgrace look like? How far can one fall? Is it a mark of shame or a price to pay?
Coetzee never wastes a word. The book is terse and too the point, never bothering to stay too long on one scene, inhabiting each character long enough to make his point and then moving on.
I would definitely recommend this book. It’ll make you think and reconsider yourself afterwards.
From what you’d expect to what what you can tolerate and finally in what is unrecognizable, he centers his main character, David Lurie, on these questions. What does disgrace look like? How far can one fall? Is it a mark of shame or a price to pay?
Coetzee never wastes a word. The book is terse and too the point, never bothering to stay too long on one scene, inhabiting each character long enough to make his point and then moving on.
I would definitely recommend this book. It’ll make you think and reconsider yourself afterwards.