Disgrace

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2010-12-1 Pages: 219 Publisher: Random House I cannot recall a book so rich in theme and symbol and yetwith plot and character so grounded in the here-and-now Chartingone mans fall from - and. reclamation of - grace. Disgrace weavesmetaphor that is ironic. blunt. disturbing and. ultimately. timeless around two events that could not be more contemporary: sexual harassment of a co-ed by an aging professor; and an attackby native South Africans on a white farm. David Lurie is a professor of Communications at a Cape Townuniversity. His specialty is Romantic poets. in particular Byron.At age 52. twice divorced and finding gratification. if notfulfillment. in orchestrated liaisons with prostitutes. Lurie is atrivial version of the Byronic hero he studies. Despite hisprofessorship. Lurie. by his own admission. is no teacher. Heprefers the tag s...