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Coetzees searing novel tells the story of david lurie, a twice divorced, 52yearold professor of communications and. His father, zacharias coetzee, was an attorney and served in world war ii as a noncommissioned officer, in the south african 6th armoured division. Coetzee holds a chair in general literature at the university of cape town. Disgrace is an eloquent book about changing and aging, told with thought and with understatement.
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