The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
José Saramago
(Author)
Description
For Jose Saramago, the life of Jesus Christ and the story of His Passion are things of this earth. A child crying, a gust of wind, the caress of a woman half-asleep, the bleat of a goat or the bark of a dog, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. The adolescent Jesus is very much an adolescent: questioning, uncompromising, troubled by the world and by his body. His mother, like any mother, is devoted, fearful, resentful. The Holy Family has the complex frictions of any family. Yet this is not simple, debunking realism, for Saramago also fills his pages with vision, dream, and omen. And the defiance of the authority of God the Father, the righteous indignation on behalf of man, the anger - is still not denial of Him.
Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publish Date
September 28, 1994
Pages
400
Dimensions
5.38 X 7.98 X 0.89 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780156001410
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JOSÉ SARAMAGO (1922-2010) was the author of many novels, among them Blindness, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda, and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Reviews
"Illuminated by ferocious wit, gentle passion and poetry."--Los Angeles Times Book Review ?"Enough to assure [Saramago] a place in the universal library and in human memory."--The Nation "Fiction that engages the mind as well as the spirit."--Kirkus "Mixes magic, myth, and reality into a potent brew."--Booklist --