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O Evangelho de Barrabás
“The Gospel of Barabbas” (title translated by AI)
José Roberto Torero (born 1963), Marcus Aurelius Pimenta
English editions
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What might the man the crowd spared at the Passover have done with his life? Two writers imagine it as a picaresque tale packed with borrowings from scripture: Barabbas woos Mary Magdalene in phrases lifted from the Song of Songs, hurls the curses of Deuteronomy at Caiaphas in the Temple, and hears parables, among them the mustard seed and a prodigal son whose story ends differently. Readers need no Bible study to enjoy the barbed wit.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 224 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Israel
- First published
- 2010 by Objetiva
- Author's age
- José Roberto Torero 47 when first published
- ISBN
9788539001026 (original)