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De kinderjaren van Jezus

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An edition of The Childhood of Jesus (2013)

De kinderjaren van Jezus

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Een oudere man en een weeskind proberen in hun land van immigratie te overleven.

Publish Date
Publisher
Cossee
Language
Dutch
Pages
317

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Previews available in: Spanish English Polish Dutch

Edition Availability
Cover of: infancia de Jesús
infancia de Jesús
2015, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
in Spanish
Cover of: Childhood of Jesus
Childhood of Jesus
2014, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The Childhood of Jesus
The Childhood of Jesus: A Novel
2014, Penguin Books
paperback in English
Cover of: Dzieciństwo Jezusa
Dzieciństwo Jezusa
2013, Wydawniczy Znak
in Polish - Wydanie I.
Cover of: De kinderjaren van Jezus
De kinderjaren van Jezus
2013, Cossee
in Dutch
Cover of: The Childhood of Jesus
The Childhood of Jesus
2013, Harvill Secker
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Childhood of Jesus
The Childhood of Jesus
2013, Viking Adult
in English

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Amsterdam

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Pagination
317 p.
Number of pages
317

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32406586M
Internet Archive
dekinderjarenvan0000coet
ISBN 10
9059363884
ISBN 13
9789059363885
OCLC/WorldCat
826370671

Work Description

After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully.

Simon finds a job in a grain wharf. The work is unfamiliar and backbreaking, but he soon warms to his stevedore comrades, who during breaks conduct philosophical dialogues on the dignity of labour, and generally take him to their hearts.

Now he must set about his task of locating the boy's mother. Though like everyone else who arrives in this new country he seems to be washed clean of all traces of memory, he is convinced he will know her when he sees her. And indeed, while walking with the boy in the countryside Simon catches sight of a woman he is certain is the mother, and persuades her to assume the role.

David's new mother comes to realise that he is an exceptional child, a bright, dreamy boy with highly unusual ideas about the world. But the school authorities detect a rebellious streak in him and insist he be sent to a special school far away. His mother refuses to yield him up, and it is Simon who must drive the car as the trio flees across the mountains.

The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful and continually surprising novel from a very great writer.

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