The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Panther S.

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This book is a retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced and unsettled relationship.

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Published
03/09/1999

Publisher
The Harvill Press

ISBN
9781860466847

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While the events of Saramago's life of Christ will be known to readers of the conventional Gospels, his approach brings an astonishing freshness to the familiar stories. The human aspect of Jesus is stressed above all else, and Saramago's Gospel ends at Golgotha with the death of Jesus. Mary and Joseph are typical of their place and time, simple people living ordinary lives, in accordance with the ways of their religion, until interrupted by the arrival of angels. Beautifully translated by Pontiero, the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature tells his story with an easy wit, and embellishes it with inspired poetic touches. The result is a profound and moving work which leads the reader to reassess the original, and come to a new appreciation of its events and their significance. (Kirkus UK)