- International Booker Prize 2023 · Shortlist · for the translation by Richard Philcox
The Gospel According to the New World
L'Évangile du nouveau monde
Maryse Condé (born 1934)
Translated by Richard Philcox
English editions
In EnglishThe Gospel According to the New World
World Editions · United Kingdom · 9 March 2023 · Paperback · 184 pages
The Gospel According to the New World
World Editions · United States · 7 March 2023 · Paperback · 256 pages
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Born on Easter night and left on straw beside a donkey, the baby is inevitably named Pascal. No one knows who his parents were or which bloodlines meet in him. Brought up by two elderly plant growers, he spends his life looking for God, his father, convinced that his calling is to remake the world. The search takes him to Haiti, Brazil and New York, in a gospel that is mixed, naive, imperfect and miraculous.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 278 pages in the original
- Set in
- Brazil, United States, Haiti
- First published
- 2021 by Buchet-Chastel
- Author's age
- 87 when first published
- ISBN
9782283035443 (original)
9781642861181 (World Editions, United States)
9781912987368 (World Editions, United Kingdom)
- More
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