The Liars' Gospel
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This is the story of Yehoshuah, who wandered Roman-occupied Judea giving sermons and healing the sick. Now, a year after his death, four people tell their stories....
Published By Little, Brown Paperbacks
Format Paperback
Number Of Pages 336
Publication Date 04/08/2014
ISBN 9780316232791
Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches
"A visceral retelling of the events surrounding the life of Jesus....The ferocity of Barabbas and Judas seizes the narrative and occupies its center ground."
--- Hilary Mantel, author of Bringing Up the Bodies
"By turns poetic and visceral, The Liars' Gospel liberates towering figures from the stasis of iconography, giving them psychological depth."
---Abigail Meisel, New York Times Book Review
"Alderman solidly claims her place as a writer of bold imagination and abundant skill... She grafts new sinew and muscle to the bare bones of an ancient tale."
--National Public Radio
"A provocative and fascinating retelling of one of the foundational narratives of Western culture."
--- Julie Subrin, Tablet Magazine
"Head spinning perspectives on the life and times of Jesus, from a novelist who wields her pen like a sword."
--- More
"Exceptional....A deeply researched, empathically imagined, ferociously told exploration of the Jew known as Jesus."
---Michael Goldfarb, Jewish Daily Forward
"Vibrant descriptions....haunting prose.... Alderman transforms an ancient story into her own engaging meditation on power, oppression, and belief."
--- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Alderman re-creates with startling immediacy the culture of first-century Judea, with its political intrigue and riots, and with its characters wondering at what the life of Yehoshuah has meant to them."
--- Kirkus
"Superb....The best-known story of all takes on messy, intricate, surging new life when freed from its biblical shackles in Naomi Alderman's reimagining."
--- Victoria Moore, Daily Mail
"Courageous....Alderman's revision of the Christ figure is a visceral, intelligent one, and it works superbly."
--- Arifa Akbar, The Independent
"Provocative and mesmerizing....Alderman here succeeds magnificently....The Liars' Gospel roots its characters firmly and vividly in their historical and political context."
--- Rebecca Abrams, New Statesman
"A novel of such intensity, meaning and depth that it must be destined to become a classic."
--- Bidisha, Presenter of BBC Radio Four's Saturday Review