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Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Panther S.)
Jose Saramago
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Description for Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Panther S.)
Paperback. A retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil - a kindly and necessary evil - but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth. `An original, wild and beautiful book' Times Literary Supplement
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil - a kindly and necessary evil - but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth. `An original, wild and beautiful book' Times Literary Supplement
Product Details
Publisher
Harvill Pr
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860466847
SKU
V9781860466847
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99-99
About Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel ... Read more
Reviews for Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Panther S.)
Profound and poignant
Independent
An original, wild and beautiful book
Times Literary Supplement
Independent
An original, wild and beautiful book
Times Literary Supplement