'Cain', his new novel, to be published in October, which redeems the protagonist's murder of Abel and points to God "as the mastermind to despise the sacrifice that Cain had offered him."
Editor-in Portuguese, Zeferino Coelho, take it to the Frankfurt Book Fair this October and later that month will be in bookstores in Portugal, Latin America and Spain.
"What the hell is this God who, to ennoble Abel, Cain despises?" It will be in Lisbon, in its world, where the Nobel speaks for first time in his new book. But from his home Lanzarote, where he spends the summer though and start packing to return to Lisbon, explained to EFE via e-mail that what he meant by 'Cain' is that "God is not trustworthy." What the devil is God this, in order to magnify Abel, Cain despises? "
Almost twenty years after his controversial "The Gospel According to Jesus', which was vetoed by the Portuguese Government to compete for the European Literature Prize, the Nobel Luso makes an irreverent, ironic and satirical journey through various passages of the Bible but not afraid to return to crucifixion.
"Some probably will," said Saramago, "but the show will be less interesting. The Christian God is the Lord. Furthermore, Catholics do not read the Old Testament. If the Jews react not be surprised. I'm used to. But I find it difficult to understand how the Jewish people of the Old Testament has its holy book. That is a stream of nonsense that one man would be unable to invent. It took many generations to produce this monstrosity. "
José Saramago does not consider this book its particular setting and final accounts with God -" the accounts with God are not definitive, "he says, but with the men who invented .
"We realize that, having invented God, we immediately enslave "God, the devil, good, bad, all that is in our head, not in heaven or hell, who also invented. Do not we realize that, having invented God, we become enslaved to it immediately "says the author.
playwright denies that the approach of death, a year ago due to his illness, led him to believe more in God. "I have assumed that God does not exist, therefore I had to call in the plight in which I was. And if you call him, if he suddenly appeared, what would you say or ask, to prolong my life?"
He continues Saramago: "We will die when we die. Me doctors saved me, saved me Pilar (his wife and translator), I saved the good heart that I have, regardless of age. The rest is literature, and the worst. "
A writer 'in trance'
A year ago, the writer surprised readers by irony and humor that distilled from the pages of 'The Voyage of the elephant' and now back at it again with 'Cain'. For it is a mystery.
"Perhaps the perfect analogy is that of the candle flame throwing high at the time of going to fade" and reflects: "It was not deliberate or premeditated, irony and humor displayed on the front lines of both books. Could have upset and give it a solemn tone to the narrative, but what is offered me wine in a silver platter, would be foolish to reject it. "
Writer Cain began to think about for many years, but began to write in December 2008 and finished it in less than four months. "I was in a trance. Never happened to me, at least at this intensity, with this force, "he recalls to EFE.
Saramago, who once wrote that" fairy tales are telling stories "and thus continues to be, write more and faster than ever (three books in one year), perhaps the best way to stay alive.
"It's true. Such time is the perfect analogy of the candle flame throwing high at the time of going to fade. Anyway, do not worry, I will not go off so early, "sentence.
In his blog is the announcement of the new novel and a letter from the president of the Foundation Saramago, Pilar del Rio, which announces the Nobel readers that 'Cain' does not leave you indifferent.
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