The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
by:
José Saramago (author)
For Saramago, the life of Jesus 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 gray morning light. This beautifully rendered work of prose by one of...
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For Saramago, the life of Jesus 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 gray morning light. This beautifully rendered work of prose by one of Europe's most respected writers is a defiance of the authority of God the Father, but not a denial.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547540047 (0547540043)
Publish date: September 28th 1994
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 396
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Nobel Prize,
Portugal,
Portuguese Literature
“Uomini, perdonatelo, perché non sa quello che ha fatto”. Sono le ultime parole dell’uomo Gesù, figlio diletto di un Dio vanitoso, crudele, egoista, così vorace da ingannare il figlio per accrescere il proprio potere. A confronto anche il diavolo pare migliore di colui che l’ha creato. Più umano. Co...
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