The Childhood of Jesus
by J.M. Coetzee
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670014656
- ISBN 13
- 9780670014651
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About This Item
Viking, New York, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9780670014651. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37266. . 9780670014651
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
On Mar 18 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Berry Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37266
- Title
- The Childhood of Jesus
- Author
- J.M. Coetzee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670014656
- ISBN 13
- 9780670014651
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- BZDB8 NOISBN Fiction; The Childhood of Jesus JM Coetzee
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