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title: "Cain"
brand: "josé saramago"
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# Cain

**Brand:** josé saramago
**Price:** 10.24 OMR
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Cain

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## Customer Reviews

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    Even a Nobel laureate comes up short now and then
  

*by D***J on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 26, 2022*

I’m a big Saramago fan, but this book disappointed me. The tone is flippant and silly; the story isn’t particularly deep. If you like the idea of a free retelling of the life of a Biblical character, I recommend instead Saramago’s “The Gospel According to Jesus Christ”, which is thought provoking, serious, and in its own way reverent. More generally, skip this book and give one of Saramago’s more famous works a try.To be fair, “Cain” isn’t entirely vacuous. It’s ultimately about bitterness (the principal targets are injustice, violence, and organized religion), and the surprise ending captures that bitterness well. But in my view this novel is a swing-and-a-miss. Even a Nobel laureate comes up short now and then.

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    Time Traveling with Cain
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2011*

Through the eyes of a time traveling Cain, this book provides an alternative perspective to the biblical events of the pre-flood era.  It also provides the author's highly critcal view of God.After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Cain kills Abel, is cursed by God and becomes a wanderer.  His wanderings take him east to the Demon Queen Lilith and then on a rather random tour of the Old Testament incuding Abraham's attempt to sacrifice Isaac, the Tower of Babel, Joshua's battle of Jericho, the destruction of Sodom and Gomarra, the golden calf and a host of other events.  Cain's experiences are frequently a bit different than as related by the Bible and by most Judeo-Christian authorities.  Without spoiling the story, suffice it to say that Cain's final adventure is very different from the Biblical version.Saramago's Cain is not a big fan of the Lord.  In Cain's/Saramago's eyes God is irrational, vengeful, bloodthirsty, petty and a host of other unfavorable adjectives.I enjoyed this book, even though Sarmago's writing syle was quite unconventional.  Early on, it was difficult to follow, but I quickly found myself actually enjoying it.Finally, if your religious beliefs are devout, you will almost certainly find this book outrageous and blasphemous.  If you are a cynic, or just open minded, you will probably find it  at least interesting if not actualy enjoyable.

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    New Look at An Old Question -- And A Good Read
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 7, 2013*

A short novel dealing with a big subject, that being the relationship between man and God -- or more accurately western man and the Judeo-Christian God. The title identifies the protagonist: Cain, who murdered his brother Abel, and was cursed by God to be a "fugitive and wanderer". The novel traces his wanderings, through the landscape (temporal as well as physical) of the Torah. Cain is present at the destruction of the Tower of Babel, at the worshipping of the Golden Calf, at the obliteration of Sodom and Gomorrah, etc. etc. etc. On the occasions, Cain condemns God's behavior, in making the innocent suffer along with the guilty. God does not come off particularly well in these exchanges, while Cain seems a sort of Prometheus, an advocate of humane behavior on the part of the divine. All in all, this is an interesting take on a very old question, as well as a story that holds the reader's interest. It sent me back to my Bible (yes, those horrors really are "by the Book"). and will probably send me back to Saramago

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