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    The late Nobel laureate Jose Saramago's final novel is a retelling of the biblical story of Cain from Genesis. In the novel, Cain is condemned to wander forever after killing his brother Abel. He is transported through time and space, witnessing important biblical events and encountering an unjust and cruel God. The novel examines existential questions about mankind and offers a radical reimagining of biblical narratives through Cain's perspectives and interactions with God. It is praised as a fitting conclusion to Saramago's illustrious writing career that was daring in its critique of religious texts.

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    The late Nobel laureate Jose Saramago's final novel is a retelling of the biblical story of Cain from Genesis. In the novel, Cain is condemned to wander forever after killing his brother Abel. He is transported through time and space, witnessing important biblical events and encountering an unjust and cruel God. The novel examines existential questions about mankind and offers a radical reimagining of biblical narratives through Cain's perspectives and interactions with God. It is praised as a fitting conclusion to Saramago's illustrious writing career that was daring in its critique of religious texts.

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    The late Nobel laureate Jose Saramago's final novel is a retelling of the biblical story of Cain from Genesis. In the novel, Cain is condemned to wander forever after killing his brother Abel. He is transported through time and space, witnessing important biblical events and encountering an unjust and cruel God. The novel examines existential questions about mankind and offers a radical reimagining of biblical narratives through Cain's perspectives and interactions with God. It is praised as a fitting conclusion to Saramago's illustrious writing career that was daring in its critique of religious texts.

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    0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Chuckles Amidst DespairBy James MichaelA cynical walk through
    Genesis with all the pitfalls of taking the Scriptures literally, especially its depictions of God. There are some very
    funny insights, however. Even the pious will have to giggle at some of the absurdities as the character of Cain travels
    through a kind of time warp to encounter Abraham, Lot, Noah and others, challenging a deity who allows evil to
    coexist with good. Mr. Saramago's satire shows compassion for Cain and his plight but his unnuanced anger toward
    God becomes exasperating. It's the old anti-theodicy issue without any new insights. Biblical scholars and serious
    students know very well that Genesis/Exodus depictions of God represent humanity's early stages in understanding
    God. These concepts evolve throughout the Bible to depict God as far more caring than the tit-for-tat, rewarding/
    punishing God in the more ancient biblical passages. Cain and Saramago would have to enter into the insights of the
    Prophets and Wisdom portions of the Bible to gain and present a more honest conversation with God and readers.3 of
    3 people found the following review helpful. an excellent final noteBy Mr. Richard K. WeemsIn short a powerful
    book, and wonderfully concise, which I consider quite a compliment for Saramago in that some of his books that I've
    actually liked (ie, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ or Seeing) seem to test my patience at times, though
    Saramago was good at delivering in these works. But this one seems to do in sharp strokes what Gospel did in sin
    waves: pointed examinations of the troublesome applications of rigid religiosity. Cain. Of course, is our hero, a killer
    whom God cannot thoroughly punish, doomed to find himself outside Jericho or Sodom, where God's wrath seems a
    little more self-serving rather than just. Cain becomes the ultimate cynic, a man flawed and carrying the weight (and
    mark) of his own crime, but struggling with the crimes of the world around him. Saramago left off with a precise little
    book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cain as Mirror for MankindBy Elvin RamosIn this, Joseacute;
    Saramagorsquo;s last novel, the Nobel laureate demonstrates incredible dexterity in the treatment of his dual subjects,
    Cain and God. With an immersive, highly readable prose, we are given glimpses of the mythical world of the Hebrew
    Bible, where the Lordrsquo;s callousness is highlighted by the thoughtful, erudite commentary of the novelrsquo;s
    protagonist, Cain. The killer of his own brother, he is shown as a man with guilt and conscious simultaneously. As the
    justification for the murder of Abel, Saramago tells us, ldquo;That Cain killed Abel because he could not kill
    God.rdquo; Cain quickly becomes an archetype for the existential condition of mankind, as it witnesses atrocity after
    atrocity under the eyes of an allegedly wise and concerned creator. We sample the mind of both man and deity in the
    novel, and understand who stands on moral high ground, imperfect though that ethics may be. Deliciously written,
    plotted with care and treated with a philosophical seriousness that todayrsquo;s atheists sorely lack, Saramago offers
    us a map to navigate the primal, raw dreams of a species obsessed with outer meaning, willing to indulge, in the words
    of Freud, ldquo;in every sort of intellectual dishonestyrdquo; in regard to their religious thinking. Joseacute; Saramago
    left us in 2010; his works, however, are ahead of ushellip;

    The late Nobel laureate's final novel, a radical retelling of the Old Testament. In this, his last novel, Saramago daringly
    reimagines the characters and narratives of the Bible through the story of Cain. Condemned to wander forever after he
    kills Abel, he is whisked around in time and space. He experiences the almost-sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, the
    Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Joshua at the battle of Jericho, Jobe's ordeal, and finally
    Noah's ark and the Flood. And over and over again Cain encounters an unjust, even cruel God. A startling, beautifully
    written, and powerful book, in all ways a fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career.

    .com Best Books of the Month, October 2011: In his final slim novel, the late Joseacute; Saramago gives a cheeky
    modernist update to a timeworn biblical tale. After killing his brother Abel in an exasperated rage, Cain makes a deal
    with a CEO-like God and escapes with little more than a donkey and a few snacks, doomed to nomadic immortality.
    As he wanders through time and space, the handsome itinerant interferes with the dealings of a familiar cast of
    characters--Noah, Moses, Isaac--forever altering the course of legend along the way. Deeply flawed and all too human,
    despite the eternal life granted him, Cain also struggles openly with the idea of faith in the face of an equally flawed
    God. By turns philosophical and hilarious, Cain shows off the scope of Saramagorsquo;s talent and makes a fitting
    coda for a superlative writing life. --Mia Lipman "Jose Saramago's final novel is an inventory of God's less noble
    moments... as flawed and wonderful a place to inhabit as the world his cosmic nemesis created." The Sunday Herald
    "Every page of this novella, translated with a fluent and light touch by Margaret Jull Costa, has its charm. Every page
    raises difficult questions... as the final testament of Portuguese master, it is suitably disturbing and a pleasure to read."
    Scotsman "Cain reminds us why Saramago's work remains vitally important." Metro "There are some very funny
    moments in this reimagining of the story of Adam and Eve's fratricidal son... Hats must be doffed once again to
    Margaret Jull Costa, Saramago's fearless long-time translator, for taming his punctuation-free prose, rendering ti not
    only readable, but enjoyable, and for bringing the late Portuguese author's often challenging work to a worldwide
    readership." Financial Times "Saramago's breathless prose, expertly rendered into English by Margaret Jull Costa...
    conveys the sheer enjoyment of a writer bowing out at the top of his form." The Sunday TimesFrom the Inside
    Flapldquo;Suitably disturbingmdash;and a pleasure to read.rdquo; mdash; The Scotsman In this, his last novel,
    Joseacute; Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative
    The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. His tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to
    give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noahrsquo;s Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain,
    the despised, the murderer, is Saramagorsquo;s protagonist.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;

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