Emmanuel Carrère, who had a period of intense Catholic faith in the 1990s before losing it, turns to the origins of Christianity. He combines an account of his own conversion and loss of belief with a narrative of the first decades after Jesus's death, following Paul, who preached to the Gentiles, and Luke, the evangelist and physician, as he imagines them. Carrère reads the New Testament texts as a historian and a novelist, with attention to the personal disputes in the early communities.
It suits readers interested in early Christianity, whether or not they believe, and those who enjoy Carrère's mix of memoir and research. It is long, and it moves between the first century and his own life.
Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and open-ended; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- P.O.L
- ISBN
- 9782818021187
- Language
- FR
