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A review by matthijs
The Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee
3.0
3,5*
I don't quite know what to make of this very strange book. For example: no one talks in normal dialogue, everyone is uttering all kinds of philosophical ideas all the time, speaking effortlessly in beautiful sentences.
But it was thought-provoking and I it enjoyed a lot. You have to see the book for what it is, and what it's setting out to do. I don't exactly know what Coetzee was setting out to do with this novel, but I think he succeeded nevertheless :-)
I don't quite know what to make of this very strange book. For example: no one talks in normal dialogue, everyone is uttering all kinds of philosophical ideas all the time, speaking effortlessly in beautiful sentences.
But it was thought-provoking and I it enjoyed a lot. You have to see the book for what it is, and what it's setting out to do. I don't exactly know what Coetzee was setting out to do with this novel, but I think he succeeded nevertheless :-)