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The Testament of Mary

By Colm , Tóibín

Book information

Publisher
Scribner;Vision Australia Personal Support
Year
2017
ISBN
9781451688382, 9781451690750
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1877621 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
fiction

Description

In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel, who are her keepers. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was "worth it"; nor that the "group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye," were holy disciples. Mary judges herself ruthlessly (she did not stay at the foot of the cross until her son died - she fled, to save herself), and her judgment of others is equally harsh. This woman whom we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone.

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