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A review by daniel_b_martin
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
5.0
Another excellent work by Coetzee, interesting critique/ commentary on manifestations of western man and the idea of man in contemporary South Africa.
The plot movements and character development functions as a dynamic and thoughtful critique on family roles and their positions inside post-apartheid S.A. as well. Many segments are intense and are most suited for an adult audience. Overall this work is intellectually interesting, dishearteningly realistic and emotionally challenging. This book is true ex-pat literature; an excellent critique on the modern human condition and an all around exciting twist of desires, fates and the unending contingencies of externalities pressing down upon human subjects who like to think that they have a say in their life and the world around them, but which ultimately are at each other's mercy every bit as they are at their own mercy. So essentially it composed everything a work of philosophical fiction should encompass.
The plot movements and character development functions as a dynamic and thoughtful critique on family roles and their positions inside post-apartheid S.A. as well. Many segments are intense and are most suited for an adult audience. Overall this work is intellectually interesting, dishearteningly realistic and emotionally challenging. This book is true ex-pat literature; an excellent critique on the modern human condition and an all around exciting twist of desires, fates and the unending contingencies of externalities pressing down upon human subjects who like to think that they have a say in their life and the world around them, but which ultimately are at each other's mercy every bit as they are at their own mercy. So essentially it composed everything a work of philosophical fiction should encompass.