![]() ![]() This prostitute for some reason decides to quite her job, and David starts searching for her, as he believes they share an intimate bond. We first encounter him in bed with a prostitute at a brothel he frequents in Cape Town. ![]() Professor David Lurie – the protagonist (who is portrayed as a white South African) rubbed me the wrong way from the beginning of this novel. I need to find that film and watch it! I doubt it would be as good as the book, but it will definitely be worth the watch. ![]() Coetzee won several awards for this novel, including The Man Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature 4 years after the publication of this book AND even has a 2008 film adaptation of this book starring John Malkovich as the main character, Professor David Lurie. This book engrossed me from the first to the last page! I totally understand why J.M. Instead, an incident of unimaginable terror and violence forces father and daughter to confront their strained relationship – and the equally complicated racial complexities of the new South Africa. David’s visit becomes an extended stay as he attempts to find meaning in his one remaining relationship. When an affair with a student leaves him jobless, shunned by friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife, he retreats to his daughter Lucy’s smallholding. At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. ![]()
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