The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', double Booker Prize winner J. M. Coetzee.

'Full of truth, tearfully moving to read... Brilliant' Evening Standard

Simon and David - a tall ten-year-old - are in a new land, together with a woman named Ines. The small family have found a home in which David can thrive.

But David is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness.

The Death of Jesus is the completion of an incomparable trilogy in which J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.

* A New York Times Notable Book *
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'Extraordinary... Coetzee stands as the pre-eminent novelist in the English-writing world' New Statesman

'You will read its cool, dry final sentences - as I did - with tears in your eyes' 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. He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.

Reviews
Anything J.M. Coetzee writes deserves our full attention...The Death of Jesus is full of truth, irreducible, tearfully moving to read -- David Sexton * Evening Standard, *Book of the Week* *
Concludes the trilogy with force and heart... if The Death of Jesus strikes you in the right place, then you will read its cool, dry final sentences - as I did - with tears in your eyes -- John Self * The Times *
Any new novel from Coetzee commands respect, and the final part of the trilogy is no exception... The Death of Jesus constantly challenges what we believe and why -- Max Davidson * Mail on Sunday *
The Death of Jesus is a necessary read, casting a strange new light on one of the world's greatest and most elusive novelists -- Doug Battersby * Financial Times *
A phenomenon that arrives from out of nowhere and challenges our received ideas to breaking point ... a delicate, iridescent mystery * Guardian *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529112559
Author J.M. Coetzee
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 130g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 13mm