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The testament of Mary
A provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause.
| Main Author: | Tóibín, Colm, 1955- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Scribner,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
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| Summary: |
A provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: Great Britain : Viking Penguin, 2012. |
| Physical Description: |
81 p. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781451688382 1451688385 9781451692389 (trade paper) 1451692382 (trade paper) |
| Author Notes: |
In 1978 he returned to Dublin and began working on an M.A. in Modern English and American Literature. He wrote for In Dublin, Hibernia, and The Sunday Tribune. He became the Features Editor of In Dublin in 1981, and then a year later accepted the position of Editor for the Irish current affairs magazine Magill. His first book, Walking Along the Border, was published in 1987 and his first novel, The South, was published in 1990. He wrote for The Sunday Independent as a drama or television critic and political commentator. He writes regularly for The London Review of Books. He has written several other novels including The Story of the Night, The Blackwater Lightship, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary, and Nora Webster. The Heather Blazing received the 1993 Encore Award and The Master received the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. He was short listed for the 2015 Folio Prize for his title Nora Webster. (Bowker Author Biography) |