The Resource Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
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- Summary
- Fifty-two-year-old David Lurie, having lost his job and the respect of his friends and ex-wife after an affair with one of his students, retreats to his daughter's isolated small holding in South Africa where he attempts to relate to her and a society with new racial complexities
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Note
- "Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize"--Dust jacket
- Isbn
- 9780670887316
- Label
- Disgrace
- Title
- Disgrace
- Statement of responsibility
- J.M. Coetzee
- Subject
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- trueMen/women relations
- trueEmployees -- Dismissal
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFarm life
- Farm life -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueFather and adult daughter
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMiddle-aged men
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueSexuality
- trueSouth Africa -- Social conditions -- 1981-
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- Veterinarians -- Fiction
- Veterinarians -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueCollege teachers
- Domestic fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fifty-two-year-old David Lurie, having lost his job and the respect of his friends and ex-wife after an affair with one of his students, retreats to his daughter's isolated small holding in South Africa where he attempts to relate to her and a society with new racial complexities
- Summary
- In a novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, a fifty-two-year-old college professor who has lost his job for sleeping with a student tries to relate to his daughter, Lucy, who works with an ambitious African farmer
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2001.
- Booker Prize, 1999.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, 2000.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Africa: Best Book, 2000.
- Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 020657
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- Wilson's Fiction
- Pub Weekly
- New York Times
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Coetzee, J. M.
- Dewey number
- 823
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- LC call number
- PR9369.3.C58
- LC item number
- D5 1999
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fathers and daughters
- Veterinarians
- Farm life
- Fathers and daughters
- Veterinarians
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
- Note
- "Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize"--Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20210732
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670887316
- Lccn
- 99055216
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (InDan)48604
- DBF40CB1126211D59B1000508BEA6469
- (IMchF)fol05652923
- Label
- Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
- Note
- "Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize"--Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20210732
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670887316
- Lccn
- 99055216
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (InDan)48604
- DBF40CB1126211D59B1000508BEA6469
- (IMchF)fol05652923
Subject
- trueMen/women relations
- trueEmployees -- Dismissal
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFarm life
- Farm life -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueFather and adult daughter
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMiddle-aged men
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueSexuality
- trueSouth Africa -- Social conditions -- 1981-
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- Veterinarians -- Fiction
- Veterinarians -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueCollege teachers
- Domestic fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book: Regional Award: Africa
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 1999
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2001
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