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Children of God
- Title
- Children of God / Lars Petter Sveen ; translated from the Norwegian by Guy Puzy.
- Author
- Sveen, Lars Petter, 1981-
- Publication
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Puzey, Guy
- Description
- 240 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Daring and original stories set in New Testament times, from a rising young Norwegian author Lars Petter Sveen's Children of God recounts the lives of people on the margins of the New Testament; thieves, Roman soldiers, prostitutes, lepers, healers, and the occasional disciple all get a chance to speak. With language free of judgment or moralizing, Sveen covers familiar ground in unusual ways. In the opening story, a group of soldiers are tasked with carrying out King Herod's edict to slaughter the young male children in Bethlehem but waver in their resolve. These interwoven stories harbor surprises at every turn, as the characters reappear. A group of thieves on the road to Jericho encounters no good Samaritan but themselves. A boy healed of his stutter will later regress. A woman searching for her lover from beyond the grave cannot find solace. At crucial moments an old blind man appears, urging the characters to give in to their darker impulses.
- Uniform Title
- Guds barn. English
- Alternative Title
- Guds barn.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Religious fiction.
- Novels.
- Note
- First published under the title Guds barn.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- In English, translated from the Norwegian.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-5586
- ISBN
- 1555978207
- 9781555978204
- LCCN
- 2018934488
- OCLC
- 1019929713
- Author
- Sveen, Lars Petter, 1981- author.
- Title
- Children of God / Lars Petter Sveen ; translated from the Norwegian by Guy Puzy.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- In English, translated from the Norwegian.
- Added Author
- Puzey, Guy, translator.Translation of: Sveen, Lars Petter, 1981- Guds barn. English.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-5586