The Death of Jesus (Jesus Trilogy #3)
J.M. Coetzee
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· 12 ratings · 206 pages · Published: 01 May 2019
David has grown to be a tall ten-year-old. He is a natural at soccer, and loves kicking a ball around with his friends. His father Simón and Bolívar the dog usually watch. His mother Inés works in a fashion boutique.
David still asks lots of questions. In dancing class at the Academy of Music he dances as he chooses. He refuses to do sums and will not read any books except Don Quixote.
One day Julio Fabricante, the director of a nearby orphanage, invites David and his friends to form a proper soccer team. David decides he will leave Simón and Inés to live with Julio. Before long he succumbs to a mysterious illness.
In The Death of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee continues to explore the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.
‘Freed from literary convention, Mr Coetzee writes not to provide answers, but to ask great questions.’ Economist
‘Coetzee is the most radical shapeshifter alive.’ Australian
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