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Disgrace
by Coetzee, J.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0670887315
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887316
- Seller
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Maysville, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Viking Press, New York (1999). Fine, in Near Fine dust jacket. Slight soiling to snow white dust jacket. Corners are square and sharp. Book appears to be unread. "Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize" medal on cover. First American Edition stated and Full Number Line on Copyright page. Unclipped Just Jacket has original $23.95 price on front flap. Photos available upon request. Shipped in a box with bubble wrap, and a tracking number.
Synopsis
Disgrace is a 1999 novel by South African-born author J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature; the book itself won the Booker Prize in 1999, the year in which it was published. A 2006 poll of "literary luminaries" by The Observer newspaper named it as the "greatest novel of the last 25 years" written in English outside the United States.
Reviews
On Jun 22 2022, a reader said:
This is a spare but immensely powerful novel, written by a Nobel Prize winning South African writer. Brilliant and unforgettable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookRanger
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR-517-057
- Title
- Disgrace
- Author
- Coetzee, J.M
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding is square and tight. Block and pages are bright and unmarked. Book appears to be unread.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670887315
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887316
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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Maysville, Georgia
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