约翰马克斯韦尔库切的代表作《耻》赢得了诺贝尔文学奖、英国布克文学奖等诸多殊荣。但更主要的是小说家从现代怀疑主义的视角出发对历史、人性、殖民主义和现代文明等一系列问题的深挚关切与追问,这使他的小说跨越了狭隘的民族、种族等障碍与偏见,直抵历史渊源与人类发展的纵深处,提醒人们重新审视我们一直以来所秉持的人文观念、殖民主义的历史和现代文明的种种渊薮。 '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**
J.M. Coetzee's work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. '