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Barabbas
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.7372
EAN: 9780679725442
Edition: 1st Vintage International Ed
ISBN: 067972544X
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: November 20, 1989
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: November 20, 1989
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe."Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Thoughtful reflection
Barabbas is one of those books that covers a lot of territory in a small package. Purely a work of fiction, it is a classic "what if." The story follows the life of one of history's most famous names, yet a person that we know nothing about. What I found interesting was the honest portrayal of the times. The era was not a clean intellectual period, but rather a dirty, dangerous, largely illiterate time in history when life was typically short and painful. It is also striking what little information ... Read More
Rating:  - Thought-provoking, but too austere
One problem for me is that I read this novella while taking a break halfway through Lloyd Douglas' awesome epic, "The Robe" (The Robe is physically large, so I knocked off the compact Barrabbas during a single long airline flight). The effect was like taking a break from driving your BMW 700 series, for a Kia Rio. Like taking a break in the middle of filet mignon, for a pressed chicken nugget.
While "The Robe" follows the continuing life of a Roman Tribune, present at the Crucifixion . . . ... Read More
Rating: - good condition
I received the book in good condition and in a timely manner
Rating: - Exellent Read
This book takes a look at the time after Jesus Christ has been crucified through the eyes of the man who was to be in his place; Barabbas. Lagerkvist does an exellent job revealing the true person that Barabbas is underneath hard gruff shell this character puts up for everyone to see. The only hard part is following the spoken words of the characters considering there are no quotation marks used in this novel. Other than that it is a very interesting read for anyone to read.
Rating: - Giving Up the Ghost
Barabbas tells the tale of the common thief who was acquitted in place of Jesus Christ. Its palm is always open to catch what the New Testament, concerned with larger matters, lets drop. If such tales strike you as literary opportunism, a grab after ready-made thematic power, you're not alone. But it's probably best to approach this material with an open heart and mind.
The common thief turns out to be, of course, not so common. The narrative combines a bare-but-exalted prose style with ... Read More
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