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Cod. 27872347 / Cod. 402338 / LIVROS EM INGLÊS / Capa Dura / ISBN: 03-7423-962-2 / OBS: LIVRO EM INGLES, EM ÓTIMO ESTADO, COM DEDICATÓRIA A CANETA NA FOLHA DE ROSTO. The story of Jesuss 40 days in the wilderness is surely among the most celebrated and widely diffused narratives in Western culture. Why, then, would Jim Crace choose to retell it in strictly naturalistic, non-miraculous terms? The obvious answer would be that the godless novelist is trying to debunk divinity--to take the entire New Testament down a notch. And at first, this does seem to be the case. Craces Jesus first got religion as an adolescent, and "was transformed by god like other boys his age were changed by girls." His peers view his spiritual fervor as a youthful eccentricity. Even now, as the thirtysomething Jesus heads
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