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The Death of Jesus
- Author
- J.M. Coetzee
- Narrator
- Cameron Stewart
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 2 January 2020
- Run Time
- 6 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
A masterful new novel completes an incomparable trilogy from J.M. Coetzee, Nobel laureate and two-times winner of the Booker Prize
In The Childhood of Jesus, Simòn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Inès. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive.
In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simòn and Inès are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness.
With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.
© J M Coetzee 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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Anything J.M. Coetzee writes deserves our full attention…The Death of Jesus is full of truth, irreducible, tearfully moving to read
Evening Standard, *Book of the Week*
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Concludes the trilogy with force and heart… if The Death of Jesus strikes you in the right place, then you will read its cool, dry final sentences – as I did – with tears in your eyes
The Times
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Any new novel from Coetzee commands respect, and the final part of the trilogy is no exception… The Death of Jesus constantly challenges what we believe and why
Mail on Sunday
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The Death of Jesus is a necessary read, casting a strange new light on one of the world’s greatest and most elusive novelists
Financial Times
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A phenomenon that arrives from out of nowhere and challenges our received ideas to breaking point ... a delicate, iridescent mystery
Guardian
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A formidably intelligent writer who synthesizes millennia of thought into intricate multilayered narratives
Times Literary Supplement
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An extraordinary new novel… The Death of Jesus is the best in the series
New Statesman
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Coetzee always writes with pace and precision. His otherworldly landscapes have a gritty, scuffed plausibility. Never overlook the deadpan comedy, either: he learned from Samuel Beckett, an early idol
Spectator
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A remarkable achievement by a writer whose evolution, at the age of 79, continues to surprise
Economist
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Details
- Author
- J.M. Coetzee
- Narrator
- Cameron Stewart
- Duration
- 6 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473578678
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A masterful new novel completes an incomparable trilogy from J.M. Coetzee, Nobel laureate and two-times winner of the Booker Prize In The Childhood of Jesus, Simòn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Inès. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive.In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simòn and Inès are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.© J M Coetzee 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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