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  1. 959234400. Preceded by. The Childhood of Jesus. Followed by. The Death of Jesus. The Schooldays of Jesus is a 2016 novel by J. M. Coetzee. In July 2016, it was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize .

    • J. M. Coetzee
    • 2016
  2. Aug 1, 2016 · The Schooldays of Jesus is a sequel to The Childhood of Jesus wherein we continue to befriend David and walk along with him as he traces the arc of his life. With a former stevedore, Simon, for a stepfather and an evidently ambitious, Inés, for a mother, David metamorphoses into a strikingly different child, of his own volition and vanity.

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  3. “[The Schooldays of Jesus is] a kind of fusion genre blending the energy of philosophical dialogue, the warmth and unprogrammed humor of father-son repartee, the emotional potency of a family romance and finally the uncanny suggestion of allegory (womb as ship, birth as disembarkation). The result is rich, dense, often amusing and, above all, full of inner tension and suspense.”—

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  4. The Schooldays of Jesus is, indeed, very readable ― The Times About the Author J.M. Coetzee ’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians , Life & Times of Michael K , Boyhood , Youth , Disgrace , Summertime , The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus .

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  5. J.M. Coetzee ’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Boyhood, Youth, Disgrace, Summertime, The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

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  6. Feb 21, 2017 · The Schooldays of Jesus. Hardcover – February 21, 2017. by J. M. Coetzee (Author) 3.9 462 ratings. Book 2 of 3: Jesus Trilogy. See all formats and editions. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE. A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year. From the Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee, the haunting sequel to The Childhood of Jesus ...

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  8. The Schooldays of Jesus is a powerful novel that steamrolls through the reader’s mind with many striking ideas and beliefs. Propelled by the battle between two different philosophies, the philosophy of the higher realm of passion and fantasy and the philosophy of the orderly, measurable world of rationality, The Schooldays of Jesus explores a striking quest for meaning.” —New York Journal of Books