by Jim Crace · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140239744
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«Quarantine» is the novel by Jim Crace, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Four travelers venture into the Judean desert to fast and pray for their souls. There they cross paths with the evil merchant Musa, who subjects them to his power, and with a mysterious Galilean who fasts for forty days and to whom miracles are attributed. A reinterpretation of Jesus's quarantine in the desert.
The novel was a finalist for the Booker Prize 1997 and won the Whitbread Novel of the Year. Originally published in 1997, this edition appeared in 1998.
For readers of literary and historical fiction who want an original look at a well-known biblical episode.
James Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999, Crace was born in Hertfordshire and has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin. His novels have been translated into 28 languages—including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew.
