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Cain

Cain
José Saramago Original title Caim (Portuguese, 2009)

Cain is the final novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago; it was first published in 2009.In an earlier novel, "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", Saramago retold the main events of the life of Jesus Christ, as narrated in the New Testament, presenting God as the villain. In the present book, he does the same with the Hebrew Bible .

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“When the lord, also known as god, realised that adam and eve, although perfect in every outward aspect, could not utter a word or make even the most primitive of sounds, he must have felt annoyed with himself, for there was no one else in the garden of eden whom he could blame for this grave oversight…”

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Source: Cain (2009), p. 1

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“Deep down, the problem is not a God that does not exist, but the religion that proclaims Him. I denounce religions, all religions, as harmful to Humankind. These are harsh words, but one must say them.”

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Interview to the newspaper "O Globo" (at the time of the release of his latest book, Cain), in 2009.

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