Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm TÃ³ibÃ­n's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that

The Testament of Mary

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm TÃ³ibÃn's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity.

In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her sonâ€™s crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospelâ€”her keepers, who provide her with food and shelter and visit her regularly. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was â€œworth it;â€ nor that the â€œgroup of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye,â€ were holy disciples. Mary judges herself ruthlessly (she did not stay at the foot of the Cross until her son diedâ€”she fled, to save herself), and is equally harsh on her judgement of others. This woman who we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone. TÃ³ibÃnâ€™s tour de force of imagination and language is a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1451688385
ReleaseDate 2012-11-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451688382

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1451688385
ReleaseDate	2012-11-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451688382

The Testament of Mary

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