Disgrace
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (v.g. in protective sleeve, second state with added Booker notice); black bo
- ISBN 10
- 0436204894
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204890
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1999. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (v.g. in protective sleeve, second state with added Booker notice); black boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages tight and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities he is expected to apologize to save his job, but instead he refuses and resigns, retiring to live with his daughter on her remote farm. Winner of 1999 Booker Prize.
Synopsis
Disgrace is a 1999 novel by South African-born author J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature; the book itself won the Booker Prize in 1999, the year in which it was published. A 2006 poll of "literary luminaries" by The Observer newspaper named it as the "greatest novel of the last 25 years" written in English outside the United States.
Reviews
On Jun 22 2022, a reader said:
This is a spare but immensely powerful novel, written by a Nobel Prize winning South African writer. Brilliant and unforgettable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC112409
- Title
- Disgrace
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (v.g. in protective sleeve, second state with added Booker notice); black bo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0436204894
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204890
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 220
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Coetzee, Booker, prize, South Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.44 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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