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A man and a boy arrive in a new land. The man catches sight of a woman he is certain is the boy's mother, and persuades her to assume the role. The boy is an exceptional child, but the school authorities insist he be sent to a special school far away, so the trio flees across the mountains. This is a profound, beautiful and surprising novel from Booker Prize and Nobel Prize winner, J.M. Coetzee.
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The Childhood of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Vintage books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0099581558
- ISBN13
- 9780099581550
- Series
- Jesus Trilogy
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Animals, Science Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Children, Dogs, Dystopia, Spain, Escape, Childhood, Mothers, Search, Home, Nobel prize, New Beginning, Adoption, South Africa, Migration, Exile, Utopia, Latin America, Outsider, South African Literature, Boy Hero, Loss of a Mother
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- The Childhood of Jesus
- Rating
- 3.4 out of 5
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- A man and a boy arrive in a new land. The man catches sight of a woman he is certain is the boy's mother, and persuades her to assume the role. The boy is an exceptional child, but the school authorities insist he be sent to a special school far away, so the trio flees across the mountains. This is a profound, beautiful and surprising novel from Booker Prize and Nobel Prize winner, J.M. Coetzee.