**"Fiercely revealing, bluntly unsentimental. . .a telling portrait of the artist as a young man that illuminates the hidden source of his art."**Michiko Kakutani, *The New York Times*\*\* J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, *The Schooldays of Jesus* , is now available from Viking. *Late Essays: 2
Boyhood, Scenes from Provincial Life
โ Scribed by Coetzee, J M
- Book ID
- 106717603
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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