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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST
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| By: |
Jose Saramago |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1860466842 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781860466847 |
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| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
2 September, 1999 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Translated from: |
Portuguese |
| Description: |
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. 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 father but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; |
| Synopsis: |
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 father 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 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The Harvill Press |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 1996 |
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Returnable |