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Cain
by Saramago, José
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0547419899
- ISBN 13
- 9780547419893
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. First Edition 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. October, 2011. In this novel, Cain is the protagonist and interacts with Isaac and Abraham, witnesses the destruction of the Tower of Babel, and tells of Moses and the golden calf and the trials of Job. 159 pp. Book has gilt text on spine. Spine ends are lightly rubbed, ow book is as new. Unclipped ($ 24.00 Higher in Canada) DJ has bit of top edge wear, ow it too is as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 143963.
Synopsis
“Suitably disturbing—and a pleasure to read.” — The Scotsman 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.” A startling book—sensual, funny—in all ways a fitting end to Saramago’s extraordinary career.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003963
- Title
- Cain
- Author
- Saramago, José
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 3rd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0547419899
- ISBN 13
- 9780547419893
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8 1/4" X 5 1/2
- Keywords
- CAIN (BIBLICAL FIGURE) - FICTION. BIBLE. O.T. - HISTORY OF BIBLICAL EVENTS - FICTION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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