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After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever. He witnesses Noah's ark, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf. He is there in time to save Abraham from sacrificing Isaac when God's angel arrives late after a wing malfunction. Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cainwittily tackles many of the moral and logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarain God, forming part of Saramago's long argument with God and recalling his provocative novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.
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Cain, José Saramago
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- Cain
- Language
- English
- Authors
- José Saramago
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0099552248
- ISBN13
- 9780099552246
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious Topics, Classics, Christian Themes, Faith, Bible, God, Nobel prize, Portugal, Portuguese Literature, Biblical Studies, Exegesis, Stories of the Bible, Injustice, Paradise, Moses, Cain
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Caim
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever. He witnesses Noah's ark, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf. He is there in time to save Abraham from sacrificing Isaac when God's angel arrives late after a wing malfunction. Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cainwittily tackles many of the moral and logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarain God, forming part of Saramago's long argument with God and recalling his provocative novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.