
The Childhood of Jesus.
by COETZEE, J. M
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670014656
- ISBN 13
- 9780670014651
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About This Item
New York / Portland, OR: Viking / Powell's Books, 2013. Signed on the colophon by J. M. Coetzee. First U.S. edition / First printing. First Limited Edition. Black spine, ivory paper-covered boards Very fine in very fine dust jacket in a very fine slipcase. Signed on a specially printed page as part of Powell's "Indispensible" Series. J. M. Coetzee is a two time winner of the Booker Prize and the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Synopsis
J. M. COETZEE's work includes Waiting For the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Summertime, Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year . He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.
Reviews
The Childhood of Jesus is the twelfth stand-alone novel by award-winning author, J.M.Coetzee. David and Simon are newly arrived in the town of Novilla, after being processed at a camp where they were arbitrarily assigned new names and birthdates, and learned some basic Spanish. David was separated from his parents and, on the boat journey to his new country, has lost any information that he once had about them, so Simon decides to help him find his mother. In common with all the townspeople, they arrived washed of memories, but Simon is convinced he will know David’s mother when he sees her. In this environment without any history, the residents count themselves lucky not to suffer from memories of their past and concentrate on making a new life: goodwill and tolerance is common, but passion and yearning are virtually absent. In this slightly bizarre, seemingly third-world and possibly post-apocalyptic setting, Coetzee uses the encounters his characters have with neighbours, officials, work colleagues and random strangers to philosophise about various aspects of life: attraction and beauty; self-belief; work that fulfils; progress; the reality of history; rules and non-conformity; power and law-enforcement; and whether philosophical non-conformity warrants punishment. The novel has a tongue-in-cheek quality: the humour is often warped; there are Biblical undertones and parts are decidedly surreal. The feel of this new world is well conveyed, although readers may find the characters difficult to relate to, as nothing is ordinary in the world Coetzee has created. This is certainly unlike any other novel I have read: a unique experience.
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- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16661
- Title
- The Childhood of Jesus.
- Author
- COETZEE, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Black spine, ivory paper-covered boards
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition / First printing. First Limited Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670014656
- ISBN 13
- 9780670014651
- Publisher
- Viking / Powell's Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York / Portland, OR:
- Date Published
- 2013.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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