The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

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A fictional account of the life of Christ &“illuminated by ferocious wit, gentle passion, and poetry&”—from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Skylight (Los Angeles Times Book Review). For José Saramago, the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion were 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 Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, but this is realism filled with vision, dream, and omen. Saramago&’s deft psychological portrait of a savior who is at once the Son of God and a young man of this earth is an expert interweaving of poetry and irony, spirituality and irreverence. The result is nothing less than a brilliant skeptic&’s wry inquest into the meaning of God and of human existence. &“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 Reviews &“Mixes magic, myth, and reality into a potent brew.&”—Booklist Praise for José Saramago &“The greatest writer of our time.&”—Chicago Tribune &“A literary master.&”—The Boston Globe &“Saramago is the most tender of writers . . . With a clear-eyed and compassionate acknowledgment of things as they are, and a quality that can only be termed wisdom. We should be grateful when it is handed to us in such generous measure.&”—The New York Times &“Saramago&’s fiction operates in a realm not far from fable: the territory of Kafka, Gogol, and Borges.&”—Los Angeles Times
Copyright:
1994

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Book Size:
388 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780547540047
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9780156001410
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
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