by Joseph Heller · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552991698
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«God Knows» is Joseph Heller's satirical novel, published by Black Swan in paperback (446 pages, in English).
King David, now old, recalls his life and his relationship with God while dealing with a complicated family. Heller portrays him without solemnity, with irony and a humor that dismantles the idealized version of the biblical monarch; the result is a bitter comedy about power, faith and human contradictions.
Work originally published in 1984; this Black Swan edition appeared in 1985. Winner of the Prix Médicis étranger in 1985.
For readers of historical fiction and humor, particularly those who appreciate the ironic revision of biblical stories and the style of Joseph Heller.
Joseph Heller was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least twice, in 1972 and 1975.
