Author: J.M. Coetzee
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409027279
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'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, his daughter's influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
'A great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today' The Times After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
From the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. "Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside
Language: de
Pages: 1024
Pages: 1024
LORD WEYBOURNS WEIHNACHTSWUNDER Wie warm und unendlich geborgen sie sich in seinen starken Armen fühlt! Tess schmiegt sich an ihren muskulösen Retter und genießt seine Nähe: Alexander Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, trägt sie durch die vereisten Straßen zum Arzt. Ein Zusammenstoß mit ihm hat ihr einen verstauchten Knöchel beschert. Doch zum
Language: en
Pages: 544
Pages: 544
A closed case that hides a terrible secret. Read a dark and gripping thriller in the 16-million-copy bestselling Department Q series, for a special price - perfect for readers of Jo Nesbo . . . Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, the cold cases division, has received a file concerning
Language: en
Pages: 363
Pages: 363
First book of essays devoted to Coetzee's controversial novel, combining critical and pedagogical approaches.
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Bruce L. Kinzer provides the first comprehensive investigation of J.S. Mill's multifaceted engagement with the Irish question, the fundamental issues inherent in British-Irish politics.
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail 'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet Sister The case is unexceptional, that is what I know. A house full of stuff left behind by a dead woman, abandoned at the
Language: en
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
"In this sequel to the popular Cooking with Fernet Branca, Gerald Samper is back on his Tuscan hilltop and busily musing on the absurdities of modern life. His entertaining asides - on everything from publishing to penile implants, celebrity sportswomen to Australian media moguls - and his eccentric recipes form
Language: en
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Language: en
Pages: 119
Pages: 119
A feminist novella that maps the moral geography of post-independence India, Freed from Disgrace is set in small-town India, and looks both at the toxic character of opportunities and competition and the courage of a few idealistic women against seemingly impossible odds.