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Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil – a kindly and necessary evil – but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth.

‘An original, wild and beautiful book’ Times Literary Supplement

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 02/09/1999
    ISBN13: 9781860466847, 978-1860466847
    ISBN10: 1860466842

    Number of Pages: 368

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil – a kindly and necessary evil – but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth.

    ‘An original, wild and beautiful book’ Times Literary Supplement

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