{"product_id":"cain-a-sensual-and-funny-literary-work-reimagining-biblical-narratives-and-challenging-faith","title":"Cain: A Sensual and Funny Literary Work Reimagining Biblical Narratives and Challenging Faith","description":"The last novel by Nobel Prize–winner José Saramago, Cain daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament.\n\nSaramago's tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah’s Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain, the despised, the murderer, is Saramago’s protagonist.\n\nCondemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, the trials of Job. The rapacious Queen Lilith takes him as her lover. An old man with two sheep on a rope crosses his path. And again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. “And one thing we know for certain,” Saramago writes, “is that they continued to argue and are arguing still.”\n\nA startling book—sensual, funny—and in all ways a fitting end to Saramago’s extraordinary career.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0547840179\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0547840179.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Saramago, José|Costa, Margaret Jull\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41618115264570,"sku":"DBV.0547840179.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0547840179-0.jpg?v=1787888156","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/cain-a-sensual-and-funny-literary-work-reimagining-biblical-narratives-and-challenging-faith","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}