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Disgrace is Coetzee's eighth novel. One of his works in particular, Foe, like Disgrace, explores male-female relationships through the introduction of a female character, Susan Barton, into Defoe's story of Robinson Crusoe. Told in the first person from Susan's point of view, the result is an intriguing interplay of man and woman both on the island and continuing after in civilization, and Coetzee uses their interactions to explore the creative process, especially the nature of writing and communication. Susan's relationship with Friday after the death of Crusoe...
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