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A short novel in two voices, those of the young Mariam and the old Joseph, two people at peace with their lives and as different as can be in age, sex and way of living. Through flashbacks into their own and their families' pasts, it follows the family of Jesus up to his birth. The archangel Gabriel, 'like a man and not like a man at the same time', overturns their lives, and they are spared none of the human fears of disgrace, suffering and death. As the child grows in the womb, the embroidery of the temple curtain grows with it, and the embrace of Mary and Elisabeth, each carrying a son marked for great deeds, sits at the centre of the book, which treats faith as something innate in every person.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

122 pages in the original

First published

2016 by Ciela

Author's age

56 when first published

ISBN

9789542822004 (original)