{"product_id":"evangelio-segun-jesucristo-el","title":"The Gospel According to Jesus Christ","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022: AÑO SARAMAGO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe human novel of the events in the life of Jesus: a story that surprised the Catholic world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is this God, first Hebrew and now Christian, who demands blood, death, so that the balance of a world where only his laws prevail can be restored? How can the new law be a law of Love if eternal damnation still weighs upon human beings? How can one believe oneself to be a divine creature worthy of immortality if one must submit to a law of terror that pre-exists and is external to oneself?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis novel, which so surprised the Catholic world, presents a different, much more earthly vision of the events concerning Jesus: the circumstances of his birth, the first interrogations of his mother, Joseph tormented by guilt for having chosen to save his son rather than alert about Herod's intentions, the encounters with angels and demons, the discovery of love alongside Mary Magdalene, the existential dialogues and the anguish of knowing the true meaning and purpose of his existence in the eyes of God...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ\u003c\/i\u003e responds to the desire of a man and a writer to reach the origin of his own civilization to find there the essential questions. Without denying the divine or the latent religiosity in the heart of every human being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics have said\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«\u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is enough to give Saramago a place in the universal library and in the memory of men».\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«Saramago makes an elusive reality understandable, with parables sustained by imagination, compassion, and irony».\u003cbr\u003eNobel Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e«A man with a sensibility and a capacity to see and understand that are far beyond what we ordinary mortals generally see and understand».\u003cbr\u003eHéctor Abad Faciolince\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«Saramago is an example, a most dignified style of life and literature, which demonstrates the possibility of sailing against the current [...]. His words have the value of an antifreeze, a personal remedy against the gales of cynicism that surround us».\u003cbr\u003eLuis García Montero\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«I don't know, nor do I want to know, where Saramago got that diabolical narrative tone, tough and pious at the same time, [...] that allows him to tell so close to the heart and at the same time so close to history».\u003cbr\u003eLuis Landero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e«Saramago writes novels about myths to demystify them, [...] always to address the reality around him, to deal with current problems that concern everyone, and so that everything is clear from the beginning».\u003cbr\u003eRafael Conte, \u003ci\u003eBabelia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«Like Günter Grass or Cees Nooteboom, Saramago aspires to connect with an audience that transcends national boundaries».\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"José Saramago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536104390904,"sku":"9788490628713","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/P62871C.jpg?v=1671634855","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/evangelio-segun-jesucristo-el","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}