Cain by Jose Saramagojos Saramago
Two decades after Portuguese novelist and Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago shocked the religious world with his novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, he has done it again with Cain, a satire of the Old Testament.
Jose Saramago's final novel is an inventory of God's less noble moments.. as flawed and wonderful a place to inhabit as the world his cosmic nemesis created. * The Sunday Herald *
Every page of this novella, translated with a fluent and light touch by Margaret Jull Costa, has its charm. Every page raises difficult questions... as the final testament of Portuguese master, it is suitably disturbing and a pleasure to read. * Scotsman *
Cain reminds us why Saramago's work remains vitally important. * Metro *
There are some very funny moments in this reimagining of the story of Adam and Eve's fratricidal son... Hats must be doffed once again to Margaret Jull Costa, Saramago's fearless long-time translator, for taming his punctuation-free prose, rendering ti not only readable, but enjoyable, and for bringing the late Portuguese author's often challenging work to a worldwide readership. * Financial Times *
Saramago's breathless prose, expertly rendered into English by Margaret Jull Costa... conveys the sheer enjoyment of a writer bowing out at the top of his form. * The Sunday Times *
Every page of this novella, translated with a fluent and light touch by Margaret Jull Costa, has its charm. Every page raises difficult questions... as the final testament of Portuguese master, it is suitably disturbing and a pleasure to read. * Scotsman *
Cain reminds us why Saramago's work remains vitally important. * Metro *
There are some very funny moments in this reimagining of the story of Adam and Eve's fratricidal son... Hats must be doffed once again to Margaret Jull Costa, Saramago's fearless long-time translator, for taming his punctuation-free prose, rendering ti not only readable, but enjoyable, and for bringing the late Portuguese author's often challenging work to a worldwide readership. * Financial Times *
Saramago's breathless prose, expertly rendered into English by Margaret Jull Costa... conveys the sheer enjoyment of a writer bowing out at the top of his form. * The Sunday Times *
José 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846554469 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846554462 |
| Title | Cain |
| Author | Jose Saramagojos Saramago |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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