by José Saramago · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467239232
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«Caín» is the novel by José Saramago, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover, with 191 pages, in Spanish.
Saramago rewrites the story of Cain from a heterodox and mordant perspective, covering episodes from the Old Testament such as the flood, the Tower of Babel, and Sodom, always in conflict with divine arbitrariness. A satire on the first books of the Bible that maintains the ironic tone and enveloping prose characteristic of the author.
Spanish edition translated by Pilar del Río. Work nominated for the Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura in 2010.
Ideal for readers of contemporary literature interested in a critical and provocative revision of biblical narratives.
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."
