schooldays

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Coetzee never uses formal philosophical language, but this clash of viewpoints plays a particularly important role in “The Schooldays of Jesus.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

Although “The Childhood of Jesus” and “The Schooldays of Jesus” are presented as allegories, they never yield any interesting allegorical meaning.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2017

When reading The Schooldays of Jesus and its 2013 predecessor The Childhood of Jesus, it’s worth bearing in mind that the author of these books passed away some years ago.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2017

Yet Lucas’s choice to employ juvenile protagonists follows a practice only introduced into Anglo-American fiction during the 1850s by books such as Tom Brown’s Schooldays and Oliver Optic’s Boat Club series.

From Time • Dec. 18, 2015

Schooldays were routinely divided by prayers said with classmates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez