Childhood of Jesus e-bog
90,41 DKK
(inkl. moms 113,01 DKK)
From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, 'a moving story of lost childhood' (Sunday Telegraph).After crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land. David, the boy, has lost his mother and Sim n vows to look after him. In this strange country they are each assigned a new name, a new birthday, a new life.Knowing nothing of their surrounding...
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
Vintage Digital
Udgivet
7 marts 2013
Længde
336 sider
Genrer
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781448155866
From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, 'a moving story of lost childhood' (Sunday Telegraph).After crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land. David, the boy, has lost his mother and Sim n vows to look after him. In this strange country they are each assigned a new name, a new birthday, a new life.Knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David's mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Sim n is certain he will recognise her at first sight. 'But after we find her,' David asks, 'what are we here for?'The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful and continually surprising novel from a very great writer.'Powerful and poetic... This book will continue to act, silently and unexpectedly, on the reader's imagination' Financial Times