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Vintage 21
J. M. Coetzee
ISBN: 9780099563129
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
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David Lurie, a middle-aged divorcee lecturing at the Technical University of Cape Town, has an impulsive affair with a student. When the passion sours and he is denounced, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, he finds calm in the routine of farm life, but the balance of power in the country is shifting.
David Lurie, a middle-aged divorcee lecturing at the Technical University of Cape Town, has an impulsive affair with a student. When the passion sours and he is denounced, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated smallholding. For a time, he finds calm in the routine of farm life, but the balance of power in the country is shifting. When he and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack, all the faultlines in their relationship are revealed.
| ISBN | 0099563126 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780099563129
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 223 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 04 Aug 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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