Three Stories
'Coetzee is a master we scarcely deserve.' Age
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'From the opening chapter I had that hard-to-pin-down sense that I was in the presence of a masterpiece.' Australian on The Childhood of Jesus
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'A theological and philosophical fable of considerable brilliance, power and wit. Coetzee hasn't done anything as fine and beautifully executed as this since Disgrace.' Canberra Times / Age on The Childhood of Jesus
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'A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself.' New York Times Book Review on The Childhood of Jesus
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'Coetzee's fable has a dream-like, Kafkaesque quality. Are we in some kind of heaven, purgatory or simply another staging post of existence? Clear answers are elusive, but this is a riveting, thought-provoking read and surely Coetzee's best novel since Disgrace more than a decade ago.' Daily Mail on The Childhood of Jesus
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'Beautiful but enigmatic fable, written in clean, fierce, present tense prose, seems set in some sort of afterlife...insistently memorable in its spare evocations, it leaves the reader charmed, intrigued, impressed and curious, with much compulsively to ponder.' Adelaide Advertiser on The Childhood of Jesus
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'[A] quiet, haunting novel...Coetzee's calm, emblematic prose lifts the plot into something redolent with metaphor and mystery...Any statement can become a symbol; every event is suffused with potential revelation; something magical is always present and just out of reach...It's a memorable accomplishment, turning the everyday into the almost everlasting.' Weekend Herald (NZ) on The Childhood of Jesus
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'Written with all of Coetzee's penetrating rigour, it will be an early contender for an unprecedented third Booker prize.' Observer on The Childhood of Jesus
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'The Childhood of Jesus represents a return to the allegorical mode that made him famous...a Kafkaesque version of the nativity story...The Childhood of Jesus does ample justice to his giant reputation: it's richly enigmatic, with regular flashes of Coetzee's piercing intelligence.' Guardian
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'A breathtaking performance, full of the tears in things and the wonders of which we cannot speak.' Peter Craven, Sydney Review of Books on The Childhood of Jesus
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