A character is one of this author's novels describes feeling a "metaphysical ache" when he first sees the woman he hires as his secretary. In another of his novels, the protagonist smashes the limbs of dead dogs so that they can more easily fit in an incinerator. In another of his novels, essays that are to be submitted for the book Strong Opinions are interspersed with narrations by Señor C. and his secretary Anya. One of his protagonists is badly burned when attacked 
A character is one of this author's novels describes feeling a "metaphysical ache" when he first sees the woman he hires as his secretary. In another of his novels, the protagonist smashes the limbs of dead dogs so that they can more easily fit in an incinerator. In another of his novels, essays that are to be submitted for the book Strong Opinions are interspersed with narrations by Señor C. and his secretary Anya. One of his protagonists is badly burned when attacked by two men who then rape his daughter. Simón and David try to adjust to life in Novilla in a 2013 novel by this author, and he also described Professor David Lurie leaving Cape Town to live on his daughter's farm. For 10 points, name this author of Disgrace.
A character is one of this author's novels describes feeling a "metaphysical ache" when he first sees the woman he hires as his secretary.
J. M. Coetzee