The Childhood Of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee

'The child is silent. For a while he too is silent. Then he speaks. ‘Please believe me—please take it on faith—this is not a simple matter. The boy is without mother. What that means I cannot explain to you because I cannot explain it to myself. Yet I promise you, if you will simply say Yes, without forethought, without afterthought, all will become clear to you, as clear as day, or so I believe. Therefore: will you accept this child as yours?' David is a small boy who comes by boat across the ocean to a new country. He has been separated from his parents, and has lost the piece of paper that would have explained everything. On the boat a stranger named Simón takes it upon himself to look after the boy.

Publisher:	Text Publishing
Year:	2013
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781922079701
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	Uncorrected Proof. Fingerprints on front cover.

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SKU: 1587826
Location: Fiction