The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

Synopsis

A wry, fictional account of the life of christ by the winner of the nobel prize for literature, “illuminated by ferocious wit, gentle passion, and poetry” (los angeles times book review). For josé saramago, the life of jesus christ and the story of his passion were things of this earth: a child crying, a gust of wind, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat or the bark of a dog, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. The holy family reflects the real complexities of any family, but this is realism filled with vision, dream, and omen.