Cain / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
2011
PQ9281.A66 C3513 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Cain / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Author
Saramago, José.
Uniform Title
Caim. English
ISBN
9780547419893
0547419899
0547419899
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
Language
English
Description
159 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PQ9281.A66 C3513 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
869.3/42
Summary
"In this, his last novel, Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Bible through the story of Cain. Condemned to wander forever after he kills Abel, he is whisked around in time and space. He experiences the almost-sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Joshua at the battle of Jericho, Job's ordeal, and finally Noah's ark and the Flood. And over and over again Cain encounters an unjust, even cruel God. A startling, beautifully written, and powerful book, in all ways a fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career"-- Provided by publisher.
Added Author
Costa, Margaret Jull.
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