Disgrace

by J.M. Coetzee

please this book only contains the 1st chapter of "Disgrace". this is a collectors item created to raise funds for AIDS charities. this is copy #132 of only 150 in the world. --------Volume II in the First Chapter Series is Disgrace, for which J. M. Coetzee became the first author to win the Booker Prize twice in 1999. Written with austere clarity the novel unflinchingly examines the absence of consolation in post-apartheid society and provides a sober vision of a new South Africa. In a recent poll undertaken by The Observer, 150 of the worlds greatest writers voted Disgrace the best novel written in the last 25 years. "John Coetzee himself is an appealing discreet, professorial, and soft-spoken. Wisely shunning the literary circus, he is our Invisible Man. He lives quietly; he rides his bike; he writes. Slowly, the work accumulates. He is a writer's writer, but he's a reader's writer, too. Which is how we return him to Observer readers, a great contemporary whose work we are lucky enough to find in our own time."The Observer, 8th October 2006. Each numbered book is individually signed by the author and features a signed and numbered print by South African artist Jo Ractliffe.

26 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

J. M. Coetzee is a South African writer, essayist, and translator, widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of contemporary literature. His works, often characterized by their austere prose and profound moral and philosophical depth, explore themes of colonialism, identity, power, and human suffering. Born and raised in South Africa, he later became an Australian citizen and has lived in Adelaide since 2002.
Coetzee’s breakthrough novel, Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), established him as a major literary voice, while Life & Times of Michael K (1983) won him the first of his two Booker Prizes. His best-known work, Disgrace (1999), a stark and unsettling examination of post-apartheid South Africa, secured his second Booker Prize, making him the first author to win the award twice. His other notable novels include Foe, Age of Iron, The Master of Petersburg, Elizabeth Costello, and The Childhood of Jesus, many of which incorporate allegorical and metafictional elements.
Beyond fiction, Coetzee has written numerous essays and literary critiques, contributing significantly to discussions on literature, ethics, and history. His autobiographical trilogy—Boyhood, Youth, and Summertime—blends memoir with fiction, offering a fragmented yet insightful reflection on his own life. His literary achievements were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
A deeply private individual, Coetzee avoids public life and rarely gives interviews, preferring to let his work speak for itself.