Cain (novel)
2009 novel by José Saramago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cain is the last novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago. The book was first published in 2009.[1] In an earlier novel, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Saramago retold the main events of the life of Jesus Christ, as narrated in the New Testament, presenting God as the villain. In Cain, Saramago focuses on the Hebrew Bible (mainly the Pentateuch).
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Author | José Saramago |
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Original title | Caim |
Translator | Margaret Jull Costa |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Editorial Caminho, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | 2009 |
Published in English | 2011 |
Pages | 176pp (en.) |
ISBN | 0-547-41989-9 |
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