The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Couverture souple

Saramago, José

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860466842 ISBN 13 : 9781860466847

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 1999

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by Nobel laureate José Saramago

 

A brilliant skeptic, José Saramago envisions the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion as things of this earth: A child crying, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. His idea of the Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, and—as only Saramago can—he imagines them with tinges of vision, dream, and omen. The result is a deft psychological portrait that moves between poetry and irony, spirituality and irreverence of a savior who is at once the Son of God and a young man. In this provocative, tender novel, the subject of wide critical discussion and wonder, Saramago questions the meaning of God, the foundations of the Church, and human existence itself.

Quatrième de couverture :

‘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 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.

See also: The Elephant’s Journey

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1860466842
• ISBN 13: 9781860466847
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368