The Childhood of Jesus
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The Childhood of Jesus is a 2013 philosophical novel by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee that explores themes of identity, language, and displacement through the story of a man and a boy starting life anew in a mysterious, austere society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Childhood of Jesus canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedToAuthor | Nobel Prize in Literature (J. M. Coetzee, 2003) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
the formation of self
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the nature of reality ⓘ the role of stories in understanding the world ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Death of Jesus
NERFINISHED
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The Schooldays of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-846-55368-2 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
amnesia
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bureaucracy ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 288 (approximate, depending on edition) ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | first book in the Jesus trilogy by J. M. Coetzee ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitleAllusion | New Testament accounts of Jesus’ childhood ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David
NERFINISHED
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Simón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical narrative
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austere prose style ⓘ open-ended interpretation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Jesus trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harvill Secker
NERFINISHED
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Viking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Spanish-speaking country ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
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education ⓘ identity ⓘ language ⓘ migration ⓘ parenthood ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ utopian society ⓘ |
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