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The Testament of Mary

Af: Colm Toibin Engelsk Paperback

The Testament of Mary

Af: Colm Toibin Engelsk Paperback
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013

Colm Tóibín''s The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family.

From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son''s brutal death. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change.

As her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened. In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity, she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human.

Praise for The Testament of Mary:

''This is a short book, but it is as dense as a diamond. It is as tragic as a Spanish pieta, but it is completely heretical...Tóibín maintains all the dignity of Mary without subscribing to the myths that have accumulated around her'' Edmund White, Irish Times

''Depicting the harrowing losses and evasions that can go on between mothers and sons...Tóibín creates a reversed Pièta: he holds the mother in his arms'' Independent

''A beautiful and daring work...it takes its power from the surprise of its language, its almost shocking characterization'' Mary Gordon, New York Times

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013

Colm Tóibín''s The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family.

From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son''s brutal death. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change.

As her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened. In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity, she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human.

Praise for The Testament of Mary:

''This is a short book, but it is as dense as a diamond. It is as tragic as a Spanish pieta, but it is completely heretical...Tóibín maintains all the dignity of Mary without subscribing to the myths that have accumulated around her'' Edmund White, Irish Times

''Depicting the harrowing losses and evasions that can go on between mothers and sons...Tóibín creates a reversed Pièta: he holds the mother in his arms'' Independent

''A beautiful and daring work...it takes its power from the surprise of its language, its almost shocking characterization'' Mary Gordon, New York Times

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 112
ISBN-13: 9780241962978
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0241962978
Udg. Dato: 4 jul 2013
Længde: 9mm
Bredde: 132mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 4 jul 2013
Forfatter(e): Colm Toibin
Forfatter(e) Colm Toibin


Kategori Ancient / Biblical Israel


ISBN-13 9780241962978


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 112


Udgave


Længde 9mm


Bredde 132mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 4 jul 2013


Oplagsdato 4 jul 2013


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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