The Gospel according to the Son
by Norman Mailer and John Buffalo Mailer
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Norman Mailer fused fact and fiction to create indelible portraits of such figures as Marilyn Monroe, Gary Gilmore, and Lee Harvey Oswald. In The Gospel According to the Son, Mailer re-imagines, as no other modern author has, the key character of Western history. Here is Jesus Christ’s story in his own words: the discovery of his divinity and the painful, powerful journey to accepting and expressing it, “as if I were a man enclosing another man within.” In its brevity and piercing simplicity, it may be Mailer’s most accessible, direct, and heartfelt work.
Praise for The Gospel According to the Son
“Quietly penetrating . . . [Norman Mailer’s] gospel is written in a direct, rather relaxed English that yet has an eerie, neo-Biblical dignity.”—John Updike, The New Yorker
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Fiction, Bible. in fiction, Bible, History of Biblical events, Jesus Christ in fiction, Romans, Histoire des événements, Belletristische Darstellung, Romans, nouvelles, Histoire des événements bibliques, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, visionary & metaphysical, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Social life and customs, Manners and customsPeople
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The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel
Oct 25, 2016, Brilliance Audio
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Gospel According to the Son: A Novel
2013, Random House, Incorporated
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The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel
2007, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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The Gospel according to the Son
1997, Little, Brown and Co., Random
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