'I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all...' This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned and one reserved. One is destined to go down in history and the other to be forgotten. In Philip Pullman's hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
β Scribed by Philip Pullman
- Publisher
- Canongate U.S.
- Year
- 2010;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
*The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ* is the remarkable new piece of fiction from best-selling and famously atheistic author Philip Pullman. By challenging the events of the gospels, Pullman puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus, and in so doing, does what all great books do: makes the reader ask questions.
In Pullmanβs own words, ΒThe story I tell comes out of the tension within the dual nature of Jesus Christ, but what I do with it is my responsibility alone. Parts of it read like a novel, parts like history, and parts like a fairy tale; I wanted it to be like that because it is, among other things, a story about how stories become stories.β
Written with unstinting authority, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ* is a pithy, erudite, subtle, and powerful book by a controversial and beloved author. It is a text to be read and reread, studied and unpacked, much like the Good Book itself.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ\* is the remarkable new piece of fiction from best-selling and famously atheistic author Philip Pullman. By challenging the events of the gospels, Pullman puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus,
This is a story. In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power,The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christthrows fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader que
EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ\* is the remarkable new piece of fiction from best-selling and famously atheistic author Philip Pullman. By challenging the events of the gospels, Pullman puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus,