''The Schooldays of Jesus'' is a 2016 novel by

J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...

. It is Coetzee's 13th novel and is a sequel to the 2013 novel ''

The Childhood of Jesus ''The Childhood of Jesus'' is a 2013 novel by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. The book was published simultaneously on 7 March 2013, by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Text Publishing (Australia). The U.S. edition was published on 3 Septe ...

''. It resumes the story of a young boy named David who is brought up in a foreign land. In July 2016, it was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.

Awards and honors

*2016 Man Booker Prize, longlistee.

References

2016 novels 21st-century South African novels Novelistic portrayals of Jesus Sequel novels {{2010s-SouthAfrica-novel-stub