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Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670014656
ISBN-139780670014651
eBay Product ID (ePID)160146753
Product Key Features
Book TitleChildhood of Jesus
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, Visionary & Metaphysical, Religious, Literary
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorJ.M. Coetzee
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-016960
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain….A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."-Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling-eerie, tautly written."- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."- The New York Review of Books "[Coetzee's] great talent has always been to make the reader…feel as though he is writing for her alone, challenging her to ask herself the same questions he puts to his characters…. The Childhood of Jesus… explores the enduring question of what a just and compassionate world might look like."- The Nation " The Childhood of Jesus -this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable-ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-Publishers Weekly (starred review), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain….A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."-Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling-eerie, tautly written."- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."- The New York Review of Books "Gripping from the very first page."- Bookforum "[Coetzee's] great talent has always been to make the reader…feel as though he is writing for her alone, challenging her to ask herself the same questions he puts to his characters…. The Childhood of Jesus… explores the enduring question of what a just and compassionate world might look like."- The Nation " The Childhood of Jesus -this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable-ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-Publishers Weekly (starred review), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain….A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."-Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling-eerie, tautly written."- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."- The New York Review of Books " The Childhood of Jesus -this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable-ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-Publishers Weekly (starred review), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain….A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."-Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred), "At once lucid and elusive….The prose is clear and flat in the special way that Coetzee has perfected."-David Sexton, London Evening Standard (UK) "Pure, simple prose….Vividly real."- Sunday Express (UK) "Beautifully put together,"- The Spectator (UK) "The inspiring gospel according to J. M. Coetzee."- The Herald (UK), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain....A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form....[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."--Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling--eerie, tautly written."-- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."-- The New York Review of Books "Gripping from the very first page."-- Bookforum "[Coetzee's] great talent has always been to make the reader...feel as though he is writing for her alone, challenging her to ask herself the same questions he puts to his characters.... The Childhood of Jesus... explores the enduring question of what a just and compassionate world might look like."-- The Nation "[Coetzee] uses his icy, pitch-perfect prose to create a mysterious, Kafkaesque world....utterly enigmatic."-- Mother Jones (Best Books of 2013) "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] is the story of a boy named David....His character is both uniquely and universally profound. In one moment, he is like no child to have ever existed. In the next moment, he captures perfectly the essence of all children, everywhere."-- The Atlantic (Best Books Read This Year) " The Childhood of Jesus --this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable--ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."-- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee...returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."-- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative....Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain....A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form....[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."--Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling--eerie, tautly written."-- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."-- The New York Review of Books "Gripping from the very first page."-- Bookforum "[Coetzee's] great talent has always been to make the reader...feel as though he is writing for her alone, challenging her to ask herself the same questions he puts to his characters.... The Childhood of Jesus... explores the enduring question of what a just and compassionate world might look like."-- The Nation "[Coetzee] uses his icy, pitch-perfect prose to create a mysterious, Kafkaesque world....utterly enigmatic."-- Mother Jones (Best Books of 2013) "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] is the story of a boy named David....His character is both uniquely and universally profound. In one moment, he is like no child to have ever existed. In the next moment, he captures perfectly the essence of all children, everywhere."-- The Atlantic (Best Books Read This Year) " The Childhood of Jesus --this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable--ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."-- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee...returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."-- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative....Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review), "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."- Publishers Weekly, Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast, "At once lucid and elusive….The prose is clear and flat in the special way that Coetzee has perfected."-David Sexton, London Evening Standard (UK) "Pure, simple prose….Vividly real."- Sunday Express (UK) "Beautifully put together,"- The Spectator (UK) "Coetzee fashions prose of a lapidary clarity and grace….rich, Riddling fiction, as in the mystery-laden life it plumbs."- The Independent (UK) "The inspiring gospel according to J. M. Coetzee."- The Herald (UK), Praise for The Childhood of Jesus "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] plunges us at once into a mysterious and dreamlike terrain….A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself."-Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review (front page) "A return to form….[Coetzee's] most brisk and dazzling book."-Benjamin Lytal, The Daily Beast "Compelling-eerie, tautly written."- Los Angeles Times "[Coetzee] is a consummate withholder, one of the great masters of the unsaid and the inexplicit."- The New York Review of Books "Gripping from the very first page."- Bookforum "[Coetzee's] great talent has always been to make the reader…feel as though he is writing for her alone, challenging her to ask herself the same questions he puts to his characters…. The Childhood of Jesus… explores the enduring question of what a just and compassionate world might look like."- The Nation "[Coetzee] uses his icy, pitch-perfect prose to create a mysterious, Kafkaesque world….utterly enigmatic."- Mother Jones (Best Books of 2013) "[ The Childhood of Jesus ] is the story of a boy named David….His character is both uniquely and universally profound. In one moment, he is like no child to have ever existed. In the next moment, he captures perfectly the essence of all children, everywhere."- The Atlantic (Best Books Read This Year) " The Childhood of Jesus -this cryptic, mythic, haunting fable-ranks among J. M. Coetzee's best."- The Chicago Tribune "With this powerful and puzzling novel, Nobel laureate Coetzee…returns to the allegorical focus that defined Waiting for the Barbarians ."- Booklist (starred) "Captivating and provocative….Coetzee's precise prose is at once rich and austere, lean and textured, deceptively straightforward and yet expansive, as he considers what is required, not just of the body, but by the heart."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823.914
SynopsisFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace , The Childhood of Jesus is the first book in his haunting trilogy that ends with The Death of Jesus (forthcoming from Viking) Separated from his mother as a passenger on a boat bound for a new land, David is a boy who is quite literally adrift. The piece of paper explaining his situation is lost, but a fellow passenger, Sim n, vows to look after the boy. When the boat docks, David and Sim n are issued new names, new birthdays, and virtually a whole new life. Strangers in a strange land, knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David's mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Sim n is certain he will recognize her at first sight. "But after we find her," David asks, "what are we here for?" An eerie allegorical tale told largely through dialogue, The Childhood of Jesus is a literary feat--a novel of ideas that is also a tender, compelling narrative. Coetzee's many fans will celebrate his return while new readers will find The Childhood of Jesus an intriguing introduction to the work of a true master., From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace , The Childhood of Jesus is the first book in his haunting trilogy that ends with The Death of Jesus (forthcoming from Viking) Separated from his mother as a passenger on a boat bound for a new land, David is a boy who is quite literally adrift. The piece of paper explaining his situation is lost, but a fellow passenger, Simón, vows to look after the boy. When the boat docks, David and Simón are issued new names, new birthdays, and virtually a whole new life. Strangers in a strange land, knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David's mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Simón is certain he will recognize her at first sight. "But after we find her," David asks, "what are we here for?" An eerie allegorical tale told largely through dialogue, The Childhood of Jesus is a literary feat--a novel of ideas that is also a tender, compelling narrative. Coetzee's many fans will celebrate his return while new readers will find The Childhood of Jesus an intriguing introduction to the work of a true master.
LC Classification NumberPR9369.3.C58C45
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