The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Harvest in Translation) - Softcover

Saramago, José

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156001411 ISBN 13: 9780156001410

Publisher: Harpervia, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"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

Book Description:

Saramago's ingenious fictionalised account of the life of Jesus

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpervia
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0156001411
• ISBN 13: 9780156001410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400