The death of Jesus / J. M. Coetzee.
Series: Jesus trilogy. 3 | Coetzee, J. M., Jesus trilogy ; 3.Publication details: Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2019.Description: 197 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781922268280
- Children
- Fate and fatalism
- Guardian and ward
- Individualism
- Life change events
- Orphanages
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Allegories
- Children -- Death -- Fiction
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- Individualism -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- Soccer stories
- Australian fiction
- Guardian and ward -- Fiction
- Children -- Fiction
- Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
- Australian
- A823.4 23
- PR9369.3.C58 D43 2019
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | COE | Jesus Bk.3 | Available | 070206 |
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After The Childhood of Jesus and The Schooldays of Jesus, J. M. Coetzee completes his trilogy with a new masterwork, The Death of Jesus. 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 Simon and Bolivar the dog usually watch. His mother Ines 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 Simon and Ines 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.