After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever. He witnesses Noah's ark, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf. He is there in time to save Abraham from sacrificing Isaac when God's angel arrives late after a wing malfunction. Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cainwittily tackles many of the moral and logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarain God, forming part of Saramago's long argument with God and recalling his provocative novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.
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A divorced, depressed history teacher becomes obsessed with pursuing a man who looks exactly like he did five years ago after seeing him in a video recommended by a friend.
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Kniha Josého Saramaga sa zakladá na historickej udalosti a rozpráva o ceste jedného slona z Lisabonu do Viedne, kam ho portugalský panovník poslal ako dar svojmu bratrancovi Maximiliánovi, rakúskemu veľkovojvodovi. O tejto ceste sa veľa nevie, kniha je teda predovšetkým fikcia, v ktorej sa stretávajú historické postavy s vymyslenými. Saramago ju však nenazýva románom, ale poviedkou. Chýba jej totiž podľa neho základný prvok románu – príbeh o láske.