**A wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by Nobel laureate Jos e Saramago** A brilliant skeptic, Jose 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 Gospel According to Jesus Christ
- Book ID
- 126411962
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Category
- Standards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
This is a skeptic’s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rendering of the life of Christ and a beautiful novel, Saramago’s tale has sparked intense discussion about the meaning of Christianity and the Church as an institution. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
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