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

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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1994) is the English edition of O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo (1991 Saramago), novel. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

Abstract

"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."--Publisher description.

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