The Schooldays of Jesus is a 2016 novel by J. M. Coetzee. In July 2016, it was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.
Author | J. M. Coetzee |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Text Publishing (Australia); Harvill Secker (UK) |
Publication date | February 2016 (Australia); 18 August 2016 (UK) |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
ISBN | 9781911215356 |
OCLC | 959234400 |
Preceded by | The Childhood of Jesus |
Followed by | The Death of Jesus |
It is Coetzee's 13th novel and is a sequel to the 2013 novel The Childhood of Jesus.[1] It was published in Australia in February 2016[2][3] and in the UK in August 2016.[4]
It was also published in Spanish translation,[5] partly because it relates to Coetzee's interest in Argentine literature and resisting what he calls the "hegemony of the English language",[6] and Chinese,[7] and in ebook, audiobook, and Braille editions.[8]
It resumes the story of a young boy named David, who appears in The Childhood of Jesus, who is brought up in a foreign land.[1]