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DescriptionCain - by Jose Saramago (Author) Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)  An extraordinary retelling of the Old Testament by a Nobel laureate and outspoken atheist who conflicts with the Catholic Church due to his books In this, his last novel, José Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament through the story of Cain. Condemned to wander forever after he kills Abel, Cain 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, Cain is in all ways fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career. From the back cover “Saramago juxtaposes an eminently readable narrative of work and poverty, class and desire, knowledge and timelessness—one in which God, too, as he faces Cain in the wake of Noah's Ark, emerges as far more human than expected.” —San Francisco Chronicle In this, his last novel, José Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. His tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah’s Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain, the despised, the murderer, is Saramago’s protagonist. Condemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, the trials of Job. The rapacious Queen Lilith takes him as her lover. An old man with two sheep on a rope crosses his path. And again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. “And one thing we know for certain,” Saramago writes, “is that they continued to argue and are arguing still.” Biography JOSE SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Book Reviews A startling book—sensual, funny—and in all ways a fitting end to Saramago’s extraordinary career. “A winkingly blasphemous retelling of the Old Testament . . . Saramago, playfully stretching his chatty late style, pokes holes in the stated logic of the Biblical God throughout the novel.” —The New Yorker "Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career." -Publishers Weekly, starred "Saramago transforms familiar stories boldly, but with an intricate respect for their power and for the mysterious power of storytelling itself. Far from merely inverting the biblical tales or turning them inside out, he folds and refolds them in a prismatic, shadowly light."-Robert Pinsky, New York Times Book Review "He got ahead of us; he is ahead of us. His work belongs to our future." —Ursula K. Le Guin  File size: 2.81MB Format: epub/mobi/pdf Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (October 9th 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547840179 ISBN-13: 978-0547840178 ASIN: B00CF5QQ2Y http://www.amazon.com/Cain-Jose-Saramago/dp/B00CF5QQ2Y Related Torrents
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