Abstract
Coetzee’s “Disgrace” unerringly a work of magnificence, ventures into the life of David Lurie, a white South African professor, in a world where men such as him have been castrated of the powers they once possessed and is induced to re-evaluate his entire being, at an age when he believes change is improbable. Set in Post-Apartheid South Africa, it narrates the journey of Lurie, the trials and tribulations he undergoes and eventually an unwilling acceptance of self, putting up a facade of life. This study endeavours to defend Lurie’s mindset against the charges brought by Melanie at Cape Town and the charges brought by Lucy against his desensitization towards her resolution owing to his own pride. It also endeavours to disenthrall the theme of survival through Lurie’s as well as Lucy’s pursuit of the fine art of living in a culture that lies ravished and the struggles they faced stepping into a new journey. With Lurie’s redemption and Lucy’s resurrection, commence the consummation of each struggle bringing forth a reconciliation with the self.
Highlights
John Maxwell Coetzee, a literary magnum, born in Cape Town, South Africa, has bestowed upon the literary canon a number of remarkable works that earned him a number of accolades
For the Times, Disgrace was “a great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English Language today.”
The protagonist, David Lurie, a fifty- two year old Professor of Communications, leading a life of solitude and on a quest to quench the thirst of his romantic desperation, which every man or woman is born with, finds delectation in a twenty year old student, Melanie
Summary
John Maxwell Coetzee, a literary magnum, born in Cape Town, South Africa, has bestowed upon the literary canon a number of remarkable works that earned him a number of accolades. The protagonist , David Lurie, a fifty- two year old Professor of Communications, leading a life of solitude and on a quest to quench the thirst of his romantic desperation, which every man or woman is born with, finds delectation in a twenty year old student, Melanie.
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