Children of God / Lars Petter Sveen ; translated from the Norwegian by Guy Puzy.
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- Fiction.
- Religious fiction.
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- Physical Description:
- 240 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Daring and original stories set in New Testament times, from a rising young Norwegian author Lars Petter Sveen's Children of God recounts the lives of people on the margins of the New Testament; thieves, Roman soldiers, prostitutes, lepers, healers, and the occasional disciple all get a chance to speak. With language free of judgment or moralizing, Sveen covers familiar ground in unusual ways. In the opening story, a group of soldiers are tasked with carrying out King Herod's edict to slaughter the young male children in Bethlehem but waver in their resolve. These interwoven stories harbor surprises at every turn, as the characters reappear. A group of thieves on the road to Jericho encounters no good Samaritan but themselves. A boy healed of his stutter will later regress. A woman searching for her lover from beyond the grave cannot find solace. At crucial moments an old blind man appears, urging the characters to give in to their darker impulses.
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- First publishedunder the title Guds barn.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Related Work:
- Translation of: Sveen, Lars Petter, 1981- Guds barn. English
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- 1019929713
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