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Loading... Het evangelie volgens Jezus Christus (original 1991; edition 1991)by José Saramago, Harrie Lemmens
Work InformationThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago (1991)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A wry and sarcastic retelling of Jesus' life with a lot of fourth wall breaking asides, the most shocking part of which is how sophomoric and shallow the commentary is. This reads for all the world like a result of internet atheism in the 00's. Compare it as literature to something like The Last Temptation of Christ (something that also caused a far bigger outrage and was more of a challenge in the 50s) and it's night and day - and yet this one won a nobel prize. ( ) An interesting historic novel based on the New Testament gospels, focusing much on the living day to day practicalities of Jewish families living under Jewish Law and Roman Rule, with an emphasis on how the various characters felt (for example, Mary and Joseph's guilt after saving their own son, but not helping the other children after hearing of Herod's decree). Slight twists in the plot make this a work of fiction, although much of it could have been possible (Joseph the carpenter crucified, Mary Magdalene became Jesus' wife, and Jesus' many younger brothers and sisters looked after his mother Mary when he left home). The encounter ("forty days in the desert") between Jesus and the Devil was altered to make a particularly interesting chapter, with whole conversations between God, the Devil and Jesus. A história de Jesus Cristo contada de modo sensível, com um uso muito astutos das máximas, a fazer com que seus deslocamentos soem como deslocamentos das outras versões em relação ao relato aqui realizado, não deixando a ficcionalidade mas adicionando ao ficcional real da história de Jesus mais um ficcional real, ainda mais por todos seus primeiros dois terços de escrita, em que os milagres comparecem apenas de modo escasso e ambíguo. Daí que pra mim, em que pese a absoluta jogada de mestre da conversa entre Jesus, Deus e o Diabo, e sua plausibilidade teológica como alternativa séria, mesmo que em meio ao tom irônico de Saramago; no final, como eu dizia, o livro pede um pouco de força (mas ainda assim é um baita livro): é que Deus tem pressa e esta faz com que os milagres tenham de se realizar de modo claro, a gerar convencimento e seguidores, e em seu afã de conquista dos corações humanos, Saramago acompanha essa pressa de Deus em uma aceleração dos eventos, como se o interessante tivesse sido o humano, o final vem como um corolário. Queríamos a história de um homem, afinal. no reviews | add a review
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According to the author, this book is like a second reading of the Gospels, like a trip to the origins of religion. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)869.342Literature Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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