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J.M. Coetzee
1999
Novel
Fiction
Disgrace uses the technique of free, indirect discourse in which the narrator reveals the protagonist David Lurie's thoughts and interior perspectives while in the third person.
Disgrace is narrated in the present tense, highlighting the sense of unresolved tension that characterizes the novel's setting and subject matter.
Protagonist and professor David Lurie enters into a state of social and spiritual disgrace as a consequence of his affair with one of his students.
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