The Death of Jesus

Not to be confused with Crucifixion of Jesus.

The Death of Jesus is a 2019 novel by J. M. Coetzee.

The Death of Jesus

First English edition (publ. Text Publishing)
Author	J. M. Coetzee
Original title	La muerte de Jesús
Language	English
Publisher	Text Publishing (Australia)
Publication date	1 October 2019
Pages	197
ISBN	9781922268280 Hardcover
Preceded by	The Schooldays of Jesus

Background and publication

Prior to its publication, The Death of Jesus was cited in media across the world as one of the most anticipated novels of 2020 in the English-speaking world.^[1][2][3]

The Death of Jesus is the third in Coetzee's "Jesus" trilogy, following The Childhood of Jesus (2013) and The Schooldays of Jesus (2016). It was first published in Spanish under the title La muerte de Jesús^[4] in Argentina^[5] and distributed throughout Latin America. It is the second of Coetzee's books to appear first in Spanish, the first being Siete cuentos morales or Seven Moral Tales^[6]

Reception and reviews

It has been reviewed extensively, including by:

• Australian Book Review^[7]
• The Standard^[8]
• Financial Times^[9]
• The Guardian^[10][11]
• The Times^[12]