The late Nobel laureate's final novel, a radical retelling of the Old Testament. 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, Jobe'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.
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2014-01-25
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Mustig uppgrelse med Gud Fader Allsmktig. Saramagos satiriska prosa brinner av helig vrede i sitt frdmande av Gamla testamentets smsinta, grymma och hnsynslsa Herren Sebaot. Hur gr han det? Helt enkelt genom att lsa gamla testamentet bokstavligt. Det r svrt att inte sympatisera med berttelsens patos, men det r lite fr simpelt jmfrt med mstaren Saramagos tidigare romaner.
2013-11-18
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Vare sig Kain eller Saramago har mycket till vers fr den Milde Herren Gud som i svl ord som grning visar sig vara den Grymme Herren Gud. Nu r, har vi ftt lra oss, visserligen Guds vgar outgrundliga, men den hvdade godheten r likvl ngot svr att knna igen i hans handlingar som de terges i svl Gamla Testamentet som i "Kain".
