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Qué diablo de Dios es éste que, para enaltecer a Abel, desprecia a Caín. Si en El Evangelio según Jesucristo José Saramago nos dio su visión del Nuevo Testamento, en Caín regresa a los primeros libros de la Biblia. En un itinerario heterodoxo, recorre ciudades decadentes y establos, palacios de tiranos y campos de batalla de la mano de los principales protagonistas del Antiguo Testamento, imprimiéndole la música y el humor refinado que caracterizan su obra. Caín pone de manifiesto lo que hay de moderno y sorprendente en la prosa de Saramago: la capacidad de hacer nueva una historia que se conoce de principio a fin. Un irónico y mordaz recorrido en el que el lector asiste a una guerra secular, y en cierto modo, involuntaria, entre el creador y su criatura.
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The sheer genius of the arguments between Caim and God are worth the reading... and the ending is a cherry on top. I've been saving up some of Saramago's books but when I read them I feel sorry for having done so - these are books to read more than once and always be surprised by a turn of phrase you hadn't noticed the first time. He was so wonderful.
Saramago speaks fluent sarcasm. Even too much for me. The thing that bothers me is the lack of punctuation and paragraphs. I know that is the style of him but ugh. Despite everything else I've enjoyed reading the book.
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