{"product_id":"the-death-of-jesus-a-novel","title":"The Death of Jesus: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020  After The Childhood of Jesus and The Schooldays of Jesus  the Nobel Prize-winning author completes his haunting trilogy with a new masterwork  The Death of Jesus  In Estrella  David has grown to be a tall ten-year-old who is a natural at soccer  and loves kicking a ball around with his friends. His father Simn and Bolvar the dog usually watch while his mother Ins now works in a fashion boutique. David still asks many questions  challenging his parents  and any authority figure in his life. In dancing class at the Academy of Music he dances as he chooses. He refuses to do sums and will not read any books except Don Quixote.  One day Julio Fabricante  the director of a nearby orphanage  invites David and his friends to form a proper soccer team. David decides he will leave Simn and Ins to live with Julio  but before long he succumbs to a mysterious illness. In The Death of Jesus  J. M. Coetzee continues to explore the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946670387253,"sku":"ByrdShop_198488090X","price":27.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781984880901.jpg?v=1769960218","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-death-of-jesus-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}