Age of bronze, state of grace: Music and dogs in Coetzee's Disgrace

29 Coetzee appears to be more positive in his public statements: he insists that "the new economic world order is not a reality" but "a huge confidence trick," which it is the duty of intellectuals to confront "in an active, David-and-Goliath spirit" ("Critic and Citizen" 110).

30 This is just one of the affinities between "grace" and a number of terms Derrida has explored, including the "gift," "forgiveness," "hospitality," and "love"; it also resonates with Norris's striking argument in Beasts of the Imagination that "biocentrism has no real practical effects" (24).

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