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However, I feel that this book has the same impact one me as studying a horrific historical event; the horror of it all makes you want to avert your eyes or avoid the subject, but you look on first because you're riveted by your aversion and then you continue reading/learning because you want to fathom just how on earth such a terrible thing could occur, hoping to learn at least something of value and perhaps be redeemed by that slight glimmer of hope.

Coetzee offers no answers, however, and the book is incredibly painful from start to finish. Disgrace is the most apropos title ever - you feel it throughout reading, as if you're witnessing something you really should look away from.

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