José Saramago
Paperback | Pages: 184 pages Rating: 3.93 | 18771 Users | 1710 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Caim |
| ISBN: | 972212076X (ISBN13: 9789722120760) |
| Edition Language: | Portuguese |
| Literary Awards: | Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura Nominee (2010) |
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Neste novo romance, o vencedor do prêmio Nobel José Saramago reconta episódios bíblicos do Velho Testamento sob o ponto de vista de Caim, que, depois de assassinar seu irmão, trava um incomum acordo com deus e parte numa jornada que o levará do jardim do Éden aos mais recônditos confins da criação.Se, em O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo, José Saramago nos deu sua visão do Novo Testamento, neste Caim ele se volta aos primeiros livros da Bíblia, do Éden ao dilúvio, imprimindo ao Antigo Testamento a música e o humor refinado que marcam sua obra. Num itinerário heterodoxo, Saramago percorre cidades decadentes e estábulos, palácios de tiranos e campos de batalha, conforme o leitor acompanha uma guerra secular, e de certo modo involuntária, entre criador e criatura. No trajeto, o leitor revisitará episódios bíblicos conhecidos, mas sob uma perspectiva inteiramente diferente.
Para atravessar esse caminho árido, um deus às turras com a própria administração colocará Caim, assassino do irmão Abel e primogênito de Adão e Eva, num altivo jegue, e caberá à dupla encontrar o rumo entre as armadilhas do tempo que insistem em atraí-los. A Caim, que leva a marca do senhor na testa e portanto está protegido das iniquidades do homem, resta aceitar o destino amargo e compactuar com o criador, a quem não reserva o melhor dos julgamentos. Tal como o diabo de O Evangelho, o deus que o leitor encontra aqui não é o habitual dos sermões: ao reinventar o Antigo Testamento, Saramago recria também seus principais protagonistas, dando a eles uma roupagem ao mesmo tempo complexa e irônica, cujo tom de farsa da narrativa só faz por acentuar.
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| Title | : | Caim |
| Author | : | José Saramago |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 184 pages |
| Published | : | October 19th 2009 by Editorial Caminho (first published October 18th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Religion. European Literature. Portuguese Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 18771 Users | 1710 ReviewsWeigh Up Containing Books Caim
Verdict is the same after second read still 5 stars and spot on my favorites list. Blasphemy, religious satire and poisonously dark humor, what's there not to love?Kain is a parody on the bible: After killing his brother Abel Cain is sent around the world and also through time. He witnesses the most important scenes in the Old Testament (e.g. Noah building his Arch, Abraham sacrificing Issac, the dance around the Golden Calf etc). But all scenes are seen through the eyes of someone not believing in God's deeds.José Saramago writes really witty dialogues and after having read the first two chapters I thought that this would be the funniest book I had ever
I've just read some pages, and I surely can envision much to come, of the same. It starts quoting Hebrews 11:4. By faith, Abel offered God a sacrifice.and by faith Abel, though dead, still speaks". A quote from the Book of "rubbish/non-sense", according to Saramago. An imperfect Creation, that's the main issue: (1) God got aware later that Adam and Eve (in the book: adam and eve) didnt speak: so God made a tongue (both the muscle and the idiom); afterwards the creation. (2) God corrected later a
The life of a god isnt as easy as you think, said God to Cain.When Cain meets an angel and enters into an argument about the oblation god has ordered Abraham to make of his own son, the angel, feeling trapped, mutters under his breath, Oh no, a rationalist, and tries to sneak away to complete the divine mission with which hes charged. The angel might have turned a deaf ear to Cains cold logic, but you, the angelic reader, have no recourse but to subject yourself to his grilling.The hero or
Exactly my cup of tea. Wish it was longer though, that is the main complaint I have about this book. The writing style was a little odd at the beginning, but I got used to it pretty quickly (to the weird format of dialogue in the book, especially). our god, the creator of heaven and earth, is completely mad I think that this quote summarizes the book perfectly. If you're in a mood for reading slightly blasphemous, but yet funny and thought-provoking book with just above 150 pages, look no
The God of the New Testament is a much more murderous god than that of the Old. In the Old, Abraham is asked to sacrifice Isaac, but God stops him from doing so. In the New, God has Jesus killed in a slow, painful, tortuous death. What kind of god thinks a blood sacrifice to the death makes up for anything? I listened to this book rather than read it because I can't stand Saramago's idiosyncratic punctuation (or lack of it, more like). But the voice of both the narrator and the author, the
Eighteen years after "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", his merciless onslaught against the New Testament, Saramago is back to finish the job. The result is an equally outrageous and - alas - good job, a crazy retelling of the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of the most controversial character of all: Cain, the first murder in human history, the Evil Brother who is actually the Evil Half of mankind... of any single human being, that is. The book of Genesis is full of murders,
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