num_pages: 368
description: Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary Magdalene is his lover not his convert. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil – a kindly and necessary evil – but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father. By investigating these simple inversions Saramago has woven a dark parable; a secular gospel of astonishing richness and depth.‘An original, wild and beautiful book’ Times Literary Supplement
language: English
title: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
titlecomplete: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
characters: Legion, Lazarus (Bible), Peter (Apostle), Judas (brother of Jesus), Satan, James (Apostle), God, Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate, Joseph (bible - husband of Mary), Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), John (Apostle), James (brother of Jesus), Herod the Great (b. 72 BCE), Joses (brother of Jesus), Judas Iscariot, John the Baptist, Lucifer, Thomas (Apostle), Andrew (Apostle), Martha (Bible), Mary Magdalene
genres: Literature, Classics, Portugal, Novels, Philosophy, Religion, Nobel Prize, Portuguese Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 31698
places: Tiberias, Sepphoris, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jerusalem, Kanaan, Sea of Galilee
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/IPLB, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Vintage