Try free for 30 days
-
Disgrace
- Narrated by: Jack Klaff
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $21.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also picked
-
Waiting for the Barbarians
- By: J. M. Coetzee
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
-
A Passage to India
- By: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Adela, a British school teacher, and her companion travel to India, they set out on an adventure of a lifetime. While in the company of the charming Dr. Aziz, Adela decides to explore the mysterious Marabar Caves. What begins as a stunning journey into the real India, a misunderstanding ruins the entire trip and threatens to destroy the honorable reputation of Dr. Aziz. A Passage to India is a tale as timeless as love itself and just as exciting.
-
A House for Mr. Biswas
- By: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A House for Mr. Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man's struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr. Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his constant rebellion is motivated by the one thing that can symbolize his independence.
-
-
If you enjoy tedium . . .
- By Anong on 13-04-2023
-
To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To the Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters thoughts and impressions. This unabridged version is read by Juliet Stevenson.
-
-
Wonderful
- By Robert on 31-08-2022
-
The Lebs
- By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
- Narrated by: Hazem Shammas
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As far as Bani Adam is concerned Punchbowl Boys is the arse end of the earth. Though he's a Leb and they control the school, Bani feels at odds with the other students, who just don't seem to care. He is a romantic in a sea of hypermasculinity. Bani must come to terms with his place in this hostile, hopeless world, while dreaming of so much more.
-
-
raw and real
- By Mark Hampstead on 01-01-2020
-
A Moveable Feast
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft.
-
-
Great book and brilliantly narrated
- By Fiona on 01-11-2018
-
Waiting for the Barbarians
- By: J. M. Coetzee
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
-
A Passage to India
- By: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Adela, a British school teacher, and her companion travel to India, they set out on an adventure of a lifetime. While in the company of the charming Dr. Aziz, Adela decides to explore the mysterious Marabar Caves. What begins as a stunning journey into the real India, a misunderstanding ruins the entire trip and threatens to destroy the honorable reputation of Dr. Aziz. A Passage to India is a tale as timeless as love itself and just as exciting.
-
A House for Mr. Biswas
- By: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A House for Mr. Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man's struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr. Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his constant rebellion is motivated by the one thing that can symbolize his independence.
-
-
If you enjoy tedium . . .
- By Anong on 13-04-2023
-
To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To the Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters thoughts and impressions. This unabridged version is read by Juliet Stevenson.
-
-
Wonderful
- By Robert on 31-08-2022
-
The Lebs
- By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
- Narrated by: Hazem Shammas
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As far as Bani Adam is concerned Punchbowl Boys is the arse end of the earth. Though he's a Leb and they control the school, Bani feels at odds with the other students, who just don't seem to care. He is a romantic in a sea of hypermasculinity. Bani must come to terms with his place in this hostile, hopeless world, while dreaming of so much more.
-
-
raw and real
- By Mark Hampstead on 01-01-2020
-
A Moveable Feast
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft.
-
-
Great book and brilliantly narrated
- By Fiona on 01-11-2018
Publisher's Summary
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.
By the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and twice winner of the Booker Prize.
More from the same
What listeners say about Disgrace
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kindle Customer
- 26-06-2023
Anti-schadenfreude
I read this 20 years ago, I was young and hadn't yet lived as an adult. I only enjoyed it back then because I was South African and felt some sort of childish pride for it's awards. Now as an adult this book looked into my soul. It left me burned. Burnt. Burnt-up.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 26-06-2023
Wonderfully written
My son is doing this book for grade 11 and advised me to read it. I’ve loved this thought provoking novel. Beautifully written and narrated in a most heartfelt way. I’m going to listen to more of JM Coetzee’s books.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 19-01-2023
What’s the point in trying to sound like a female?
Can be a personal thing, but I don’t like when male readers imitate female voices. It makes female characters sound quite stupid. And totally unnatural.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- W. Stokeley
- 09-10-2022
Best Audiobook of the Year, by a mile
Disgrace - Coetzee
This is a quick review about the Audio book version of disgrace.
First of all - absolutely phenomenal book. I can see why it’s so well regarded. I’m proud to have such an amazing author living in Australia. Listening to it, the levels of introversion, introspection and dark analysis of the characters puts it on the same plane, if not quite the same level, as Nabokov.
The Action is about a professor, David Lowry; 52, twice divorcee at a metropolitan university. He has an affair with a 19 year old student, that pushes to the very edge of what is social and morally acceptable. He is ousted by the university following it. He accepts responsibility for, but refuses to apologise for his actions. He is stubborn. He moves ion with his homosexual daughter who lives in the country, in the south cape. Her life is very different to his. He is a professor of literature, writing a work about Byron that permeates the book, and becomes a metaphor for his relationship with his daughter. She is living off the land, a free spirit, looking after stray dogs with a farmer’s market stall.
David does not initially like to dogs or the country life but warms to them. Something tragic I will not spoil occurs in the second act, and this really colours the rest of the book.
The dogs, and the book David is working on take on metaphorical qualities as they become surrogates for the protagonists, David and his daughter. Both fall into disgrace, in various guises of the word.
In the background are overtones of post-apartheid South Africa. Without ever being ‘woke’ or painful to listen to, the book engages in a really difficult (in the sense of hard to listen to, not hard to process) dialectic about what Is right for the citizens of that country in the modern era. This analysis alone made me want to learn more about South Africa, a country I am woefully ignorant of. Disgrace switches you on to these issues without treating the listener as a fool; or ramming them down your throat. It is not idealistic. It is compelling.
The story itself has such a rhythm to it, that despite not being full of high action it was almost impossible to put down. It was an absolute page turner. I did not want to stop listening.
Do not be put off by the odd title or the odd cover graphic. It stat stagnating in my audible library for about half a year because of these which is a real shame. Both of them belie the quality of the content, and will become more meaningful as you continue.
Overall, its very dark; it’s prescient. It has wonderful layers ion introversion, both about what the characters are going through, and an obvious love of literature that penetrates the novel. If you loved John William’s stoner, or even Ravelstien, you will like this - its part campus novel, part exploration of two character, and part history of South Africa all entwined. It is a wonderful book.
Finally - the narration in the audiobook version was excellent. It conveys the South African accents wonderfully, and each individual is distinct but compelling.
Best audiobook I listened to in 2022.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 05-01-2021
Not my cup of tea
I am sure there are plenty of people that loved this book but it just wasn't for me. I found it hard reading, evoking gritty emotions. Not the escapism I am after in a book... but as I say, I am sure plenty of people enjoy it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!