Bibliograph

Cain, José Saramago ; translated from the Portugese by Margaret Jull Costa

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Label

Cain, José Saramago ; translated from the Portugese by Margaret Jull Costa

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Cain

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

773125058

Responsibility statement

José Saramago ; translated from the Portugese by Margaret Jull Costa

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

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