God Is Dead - Hardcover

Currie Jr., Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670038679 ISBN 13: 9780670038671

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2007

Synopsis

Traces the world impact of God's descent to Earth in the body of a Dinka woman and His subsequent suffering and death in the Darfur desert, events that profoundly impact every aspect of human life, from warfare and parenting to religious practices and health care. A first novel.

About this title

About the Author:

Ron Currie, Jr., is the winner of the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. The author of God Is Dead, Everything Matters!, and Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles, he lives in Waterville, Maine.

From AudioFile:

This blackly humorous group of linked short stories begins with God, incarnated as an African woman, dying in the Sudan. She/he is eaten by dogs that can then communicate telepathically, so that the news gets out. The world goes to pot, then recovers, but never fully. Gabriel Barons voice is not naturally strong or engaging, but he uses it skillfully. His reading is expressive, accurate, and well paced, and he modulates his tone well to indicate different characters. But his capable performance cant quite compensate for the sometimes tedious, farfetched satire, which only strikes fire occasionally. Listening to this book is probably better than reading it, but its still not quite enjoyable. W.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670038679
• ISBN 13: 9780670038671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192