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Cain [electronic resource] / José Saramago ; translated from the Portugese by Margaret Jull Costa.

Saramago, José. (Author). Costa, Margaret Jull. (Added Author).

Summary:

"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, 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, in all ways a fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780547519401 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0547519400 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"First published with the title Caim in 2009 by Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon"--T.p. verso.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.