The kingdom
Carrère, Emmanuel, 1957-2017
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Corinth, ancient Greece, 2000 years ago. An itinerant preacher, poor, wracked by illness, tells the story of a prophet who was crucified in Judea, who came back from the dead, and whose return is a sign of something enormous. Like a contagion, the story will spread over the city, the country and, eventually, the world. Emmanuel Carrère's astonishing historical epic tells the story of the mysterious beginnings of Christianity, bringing to life a distant, primeval past of strange sects, apocalyptic beliefs and political turmoil. In doing so Carrère, once himself a fervent believer, questions his own faith, asks why we believe in resurrection, and what it means.
Main title:
The kingdom / Emmanuel Carrère ; translated from the French by John Lambert.
Author:
Carrère, Emmanuel, 1957-, authorLambert, John, 1960-, translator
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2017.
Collation:
384 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780241200575 (hbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
LC class:
PQ2663.A7678
Local class:
FT
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1858264