- Fiction, Literature, Jesus christ, fiction, Fiction, biographical
This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories.
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- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Canongate, De Bezige Bij, Ithaki Yayinlari
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- Portuguese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788439723578
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Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, [*His Dark Materials*](/series/OL330755L/His_Dark_Materials), and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
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