Thirst

Jesus speaks in his own voice through the last stretch of his life, starting at the trial Pilate stages against him, where he faces the ungrateful people he once healed or rescued. He watches them calmly and goes along with what is coming. Left on his own before the judges, behind bars and finally nailed up, he thinks back over small bodily joys, his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Judas and the other disciples, and his own mistakes. He also turns over his deeply troubled bond with his Father, and a rebellion that comes too late. Following the familiar stages of the Passion without claiming historical accuracy, the novel shows a man fully in his body, for whom thirst stands for love and for faith, and being alive is what makes it possible.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

151 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

First published

2019 by Albin Michel

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9782226443885 (original)

9781609456603 (Europa Editions, United States)

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