by José Saramago · Edicions 62 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788429763584
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«Caín» is the contemporary fiction novel by José Saramago, published by Edicions 62 in hardcover (144 pages, in Catalan).
José Saramago rewrites with irony the story of Cain and Abel, turning the narrative into a critical journey through several episodes of the Old Testament. Through the relationship between Cain and God, the novel questions submission to religious dogmas and divine authority, and defends freedom of thought and individual responsibility.
The edition belongs to the El Balancí collection and the Catalan translation is by Nuria Prats Espar.
A read for those who appreciate contemporary fiction and ironic revisions of biblical stories.
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today" and in 2010 said he considers Saramago to be "a permanent part of the Western canon", while James Wood praises "the distinctive tone to his fiction because he narrates his novels as if he were someone both wise and ignorant."
