In Other Words Transpositions Of Philosophy In Jm Coetzees Jesus Trilogy Stephen Mulhall by Stephen Mulhall 9780192869715, 019286971X instant download after payment.

J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus’ trilogy begins with the arrival of two displaced
persons—a young boy and his adult companion and protector—at the
resettlement camp of a city called Novilla.¹ Neither remembers their lives
prior to the sea voyage to this new land during which they met; like every
other inhabitant of it,² their memories have been wiped clean of their
personal history, although they remember having had such histories, and
so know that there is something they don’t or can’t remember about
themselves. At the end of their voyage, they were deposited at a coastal
town called Belstar, and held at a reception camp for several weeks,
during which they were assigned names (David and Simón, respectively)
and approximate official ages (five and forty-five, respectively), and were
taught Spanish (the language of their new country). When they arrive at
Novilla, seeking a place to live and a means of earning a living, Simón
describes himself as David’s father, although there is no biological or
legal relationship between them; and he quickly embarks on another
quest—to find David’s mother, or more precisely, to find a mother for
David. Neither of them knows the name of David’s real mother, or even
whether she has also travelled to this land—a letter belonging to David
that might have held answers to these questions was lost on board their
ship; but Simón is convinced that he or David will recognize her immediately when they see her. And soon after establishing themselves in
Novilla, they encounter a woman who stirs an obscure sense of familiarity in Simón when she offers David a friendly greeting. He arranges a meeting with her, and asks her to take David as her son; and after a startlingly brief period of reflection, she (Inés) agrees to do so.
Their shared task of caring for and educating David—first in Novilla and
then for a longer period of time in another, more remote town called
Estrella—constitutes the core of the ensuing narrative.