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O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo <Portuguese> / The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991) is a novel by José Saramago.

Abstract

Highly controversial and successful novel mixes magic, myth, and realism to represents Jesus as an ordinary man whose seduction by Mary Magdalene is crucial to his world view. By Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, playwright and journalist. An international bestseller

Editions

Published in Lisbon, Portugal: 1991.

Translations

Translated into the major European and non-European languages.

• Il vangelo secondo Gesù Cristo (1991 Saramago), novel (Italian ed.)

• The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1994 Saramago / Pontiero), novel (English ed.)

• Evangelie ot Iisusa (1999 Saramago), novel (Russian ed.)

External links

• Wikipedia.pt / cf. Wikipedia