El Evangelio Según Jesucristo
Author: José Saramago
En palabras del propio autor, El Evangelio segun Jesucristo ‘es como una relectura de los evangelios, es como un viaje al origen de una religion’. Narrada en tercera persona y centrada de modo particular en las etapas y zonas de la vida de Jesucristo acerca de las que procuran menos informacion los textos evangelicos, la presente novela ha sido acogida del modo mas favorab….Read More
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