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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST
by Saramago, Jose
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151367000
- ISBN 13
- 9780151367009
- Seller
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Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994. First US edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Saramago to writer/bookseller Dan Pope on the half-title page. "Para Dan Pope cordialmente Jose Saramago Lanzarote Agosto 2000." (Saramago moved to Lanzarote after the publication of this book and the reception it had received in his native Portugal.) Additionally, Saramago's printed return address lable, cut from the mailer used to send the book, is laid-in. Dustjacket with touch of rubbing on the rear spine fold and topedge. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Originally published as O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo in 1991.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Synopsis
A wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by Nobel laureate José Saramago A brilliant skeptic, José Saramago envisions the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion as things of this earth: A child crying, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. His idea of the Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, and—as only Saramago can—he imagines them with tinges of vision, dream, and omen. The result is a deft psychological portrait that moves between poetry and irony, spirituality and irreverence of a savior who is at once the Son of God and a young man. In this provocative, tender novel, the subject of wide critical discussion and wonder, Saramago questions the meaning of God, the foundations of the Church, and human existence itself.
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- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100925
- Title
- THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST
- Author
- Saramago, Jose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151367000
- ISBN 13
- 9780151367009
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Inscribed First Edition
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About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Fernandina Beach, Florida
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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