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Work InformationCain by José Saramago (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I gave this book 5 stars to partly counter the reviews that deduct stars on account of Saramago's grammatical style. All his books, that I have read, use a similar style. I can't say I love the run-on sentences without capitalization, punctuation, format or informative terminations such as question marks, etc, but I will say that Saramago is bursting with things to get on to paper and I think the style makes me aware of his energy. With Saramago, it is not about the grammar, it is about the forcefulness and confidence of the prose. Think of a person opposite you ranting nonstop - and yet you are engaged. Spoiler: Be warned that Saramago might make you question your faith or belief in god. He seems to deal with every question I had reading the old testament as a child, starting with How did Adam and Eve start the human race if they only had two sons and one killed the other? Nothing, nothing is sacred to Saramago. Another spoiler: I did not appreciate the abrupt ending. For me, it did not tie up the book in any way and I even wonder if he actually finished writing it before he died. Did someone just say "ok, everyone dies and lets pretend he wrote it like that" ? Dezembro de 2022. Se anteriormente fiz algumas releituras de que me arrependi, reler Caim foi uma experiência de leitura muito superior à primeira. Adorei como Saramago, em cerca de 180 páginas, reconta várias histórias do antigo testamento, com uma visão acutilante, irónica, sarcástica e humorística. Saramago era, sem dúvida, um génio da escrita. No entanto, penso que este livro será melhor apreciado por pessoas que conheçam as histórias contadas na biblia, caso contrário poderão não compreender tudo o que aqui está escrito. Duke përmbysur vlerësimin tradicional, Saramagoja na e jep Kainin si një qenie njerëzore as më i mirë dhe as më i keq se të tjerët. Përkundrazi, Zoti është një Zot i lig, i padrejtë dhe smirëzi, që nuk e di çfarë do dhe, mbi të gjitha, nuk i do njerëzit. Është një Zot që nuk pranon, vetëm nga trilli dhe mospërfillja, mblatën e Kainit, duke shkaktuar kështu vrasjen e Abelit.
Que la obra de Caín de José de Saramago, es muy buena y nos da entender la bipolaridad de DIOS que a muchos le causa frustración ya que muchas personas lo pintaban de ser un Dios bueno pero al final de leer lo que les hizo en sodoma y gomorra y que la mayoria de la gente de ese lugar pagara los platos rotos por solo unas cuantas personas es muy injunto y de ahí por que Dios es bipolar, podria hasta decirse que a Dios es quien decide quien puede vivir y quien no pero en eso esta gente buena y que ahi es cunado los meten en un solo saco y el señor es quien mata indiscriminadamente y por lo cual Caín al final de la obra se venga matando a todos los de la arca de Noe y el es al final quien empieza a recrear a la humanidad.
"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"-- No library descriptions found.
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For the most part it is incredibly well written, funny and clinical in its highlighting of the bible's flaws. Sometimes however it seems to tail off a little, whether this was to do with Saramago being near to the end of his life, I dont know. All in all though this doesnt detract from a clever story by a literary great (it's also quite short if you find Saramago's unique punctuationstyle a tough slog) I strongly recommend, a very good read! ( )