The Schooldays of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee
The Schooldays of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee
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The Schooldays of Jesus

Author: J. M. Coetzee

Narrator: James Cameron Stewart

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2017


Synopsis

Davíd is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simón and Inés take care of him in their new town, Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bolívar to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, with the guidance of the three sisters who own the farm where Simón and Inés work, Davíd is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here, too, that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of. In this mesmerizing allegorical tale, Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, of what it means to be a "parent," the constant battle between intellect and emotion, and how we choose to live our lives.

About J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee. won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 and is the author of twenty-two books, which have been translated into many languages. He was the first author to twice win the Booker Prize. A native of South Africa, he now lives in Adelaide, Australia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Valeriu

E vorba de un roman haios, lipsit de sens, aiuristic, fără mesaj (repet: fără mesaj!), scris în așa fel încît cititorul de bună-credință să se apuce să caute disperat un mesaj (îndeosebi unul religios) și să fie convins că dacă nu-l găsește e numai și numai din vina lui: nu l-a dus mintea, n-a citit......more

Goodreads review by Elaine

I literally have no idea what I just read. Perhaps it's very much my fault, as I didn't read the first book, and as I know very little about the story of Jesus between his birth and his adult ministry. This is an extremely smoothly written but quite boring book set in a fantastical version of Spain......more

Goodreads review by Trish

Coetzee’s quiet skill shows us how an old bible story parallels events that happen today in every country—the dislocation of migration for instance—making us scour the landscape for examples of God working through us. By telling the old story in a new way, we think anew about Christian values—charit......more