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Cain by José Saramago (2011, Hardcover)
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- Condition
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9780547419893
- Book Title
- Cain
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 10.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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"Suitably disturbing--and a pleasure to read." -- The Scotsman In this, his last novel, José Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative The Gospel According to Jesus Christ . His tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah's Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain, the despised, the murderer, is Saramago's protagonist. Condemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, the trials of Job. The rapacious Queen Lilith takes him as her lover. An old man with two sheep on a rope crosses his path. And again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. "And one thing we know for certain," Saramago writes, "is that they continued to argue and are arguing still." A startling book--sensual, funny--in all ways a fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0547419899
ISBN-13
9780547419893
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99417020
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cain
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq9281.A66c3513 2011
Reviews
"Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career ." - Publishers Weekly, starred, "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career ." - Publishers Weekly, starred "Saramago transforms familiar stories boldly , but with an intricate respect for their power and for the mysterious power of storytelling itself. Far from merely inverting the biblical tales or turning them inside out, he folds and refolds them in a prismatic, shadowly light ."-Robert Pinsky, New York Times Book Review , "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career ." - Publishers Weekly, starred"Saramago transforms familiar stories boldly , but with an intricate respect for their power and for the mysterious power of storytelling itself. Far from merely inverting the biblical tales or turning them inside out, he folds and refolds them in a prismatic, shadowly light ."-Robert Pinsky, New York Times Book Review, "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career ." - Publishers Weekly, starred, "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career ." - Publishers Weekly, starred "Saramago transforms familiar stories boldly , but with an intricate respect for their power and for the mysterious power of storytelling itself. Far from merely inverting the biblical tales or turning them inside out, he folds and refolds them in a prismatic, shadowly light ."-Robert Pinsky, New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-028600
Dewey Decimal
869.3/42
Dewey Edition
23
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