
Gospel According to Jesus Christ
by José Saramago · first published 1999
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- The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991) - Jose Saramago - The War of the End of the World (1981) - Mario Vargas Llosa Favourites among the books I’ve read lately. Other than that, there are plenty to enjoy some serious fiction from…
on “Ask HN: What is your favorite fiction book?” ↗- The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann - The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil - The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago - Moby Dick - Herman Melville - The War of the End of the World - Mario Vargas Llosa - The War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy etc. I can't do "The" xD
on “Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?” ↗…actions of the person that created it and what were they trying to solve. For a book with similar tongue in cheek philosophical take on the theme "religion on a first person account" I recommend "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" by Jose Saramago.
on “Siddhartha” ↗"The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" is the funniest, most blasphemous, theological novel since Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita." It really deserves to be better known...
on “Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Saramago Dead at 87” ↗> The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago Have you read Blindness? I liked The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, but personally I liked Blindness a lot more.
on “Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?” ↗