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Cain is the last novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago.The book was first published in 2009. [1] In an earlier novel, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Saramago retold the main events of the life of Jesus Christ, as narrated in the New Testament, presenting God as the villain.
Geoffrey Girard is an author of nonfiction, thrillers, historicals, and speculative fiction.. In 2013, Simon & Schuster simultaneously published Girard's techno-thriller novel Cain's Blood and an accompanying companion novel for teens; Project Cain. [3]
Kirkus Reviews described Barrow as "an entertaining book filled with memorable characters who tread glibly through the realms of both the living and the dead". [9] Publishers Weekly described Lamb as "full of suspense, intrigue, and a surprising amount of heart" as well as commending its concise nature and unique but human characters. [10]
Cain [a] is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel , and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve , the first couple within the Bible. [ 1 ] He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. First two sons of Adam and Eve This article is about the first and second sons of Adam and Eve. For other uses, see Cain and Abel (disambiguation). Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600 In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and ...
The character who supplies Cain with knowledge of death is Lucifer. In Act II, Lucifer leads Cain on a voyage to the "Abyss of Space" and shows him a catastrophic vision of the Earth's natural history, complete with spirits of extinct life forms like the mammoth. Cain returns to Earth in Act III, depressed by this vision of universal death.
Past All Dishonor is the perfectly distilled presentation of the predominant theme in Cain's writing: “the wish that comes true and the horrors it brings to the wishers.” [9] Despite this, Cain insisted on having the draft vetted for accuracy by specialists on many arcane topics related to California and Nevada history, including whether ...
Three of a Kind is a collection of three novellas by James M. Cain, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1943. Each originally appeared as serials in magazines during the 1930s. [1] [2] [3] The collection includes Double Indemnity, first published in 1936 as a serial for Liberty magazine; [4] [5] Career in C Major, originally entitled "Two Can Sing" when it appeared in The American Magazine in 1938 ...