Description
Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil - a kindly and necessary evil - but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth.
'An original, wild and beautiful book' Times Literary Supplement
A reissue of Saramago's fictionalized account of the life of Jesus
About the Author
Jose Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.
Reviews
Profound and poignant * Independent *
An original, wild and beautiful book * Times Literary Supplement *
Awards
Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 1996.
Book Information
ISBN 9781860466847
Author Jose Saramago
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint The Harvill Press
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 260g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 30mm
