The Kingdom

Emmanuel Carrère, John Lambert

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Penguin
19 March 2018

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction; Fiction in translation

An epic novel telling the story of Christianity as it has never been told before.

Corinth, ancient Greece, two thousand years ago. An itinerant preacher, poor, wracked by illness, tells the story of a prophet who was crucified in Judea, who came back from the dead, and whose return is a sign of something enormous. Like a contagion, the story will spread over the city, the country and, eventually, the world. Emmanuel Carrère's astonishing historical epic tells the story of the mysterious beginnings of Christianity, bringing to life a distant, primeval past of strange sects, apocalyptic beliefs and political turmoil.

In doing so Carrère, once himself a fervent believer, questions his own faith, asks why we believe in resurrection, and what it means. The Kingdom is his masterpiece.

By: Emmanuel Carrère
Translated by: John Lambert
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 292g
ISBN: 9780141981154
ISBN 10: 0141981156
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 19 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emmanuel Carrere (Author) Emmanuel Carrere, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and biographer, is the award-winning internationally renowned author of The Adversary (a New York Times Notable Book), Lives Other Than My Own, My Life As A Russian Novel, Class Trip, Limonov and The Mustache.

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Brilliant, shocking... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane... it is a work of great literature -- Tim Whitmarsh * Guardian * Emmanuel Carrère is said by many to be one of the best writers in France, if not Europe... The Kingdom, a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * An utterly brilliant book... Carrère is a vivid guide and a knowledgeable one -- Catherine Nixey * The Times * A novelised memoir that vividly captures the drama of the Christian experience... A celebration of religious imagination - Catholic, French, Judaic, Hellenic - The Kingdom has been a runaway bestseller in France. In Britain, it may succeed as a relief and an antidote -- John Cornwell * Financial Times * There are few great writers in France today, and Emmanuel Carrère is one of them * Paris Review *

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