{"product_id":"disgrace-by-j-m-coetzee-9781925773859","title":"Disgrace","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe irony does not escape him: that the one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, while those who come to learn learn nothing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJ. M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e, set in post-apartheid South Africa, takes us into the disquieting mind of twice-divorced university teacher David Lurie as he loses his job and his honour after engaging in an ill-advised affair with a susceptible student.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he retreats to his daughter's farm, a brutal attack highlights their fractured relationship. Is it only through intense suffering and shame—his own as well as that of others—that David can begin to change, to understand his country and what it means to be human?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e, this Nobel Prize-winning writer examines ideas of evil, violence, dignity and redemption in a country dominated by the power dynamics of race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494694506732,"sku":"9781925773859","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18063923482873.jpg?v=1748460465","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/disgrace-by-j-m-coetzee-9781925773859","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}