Caín

In Cain, Saramago returns to the first books of the Bible. Through a heterodox itinerary, he travels through decadent cities and stables, tyrants' palaces and battlefields hand in hand with the main protagonists of the Old Testament, impressing on them the music and refined humor that characterize his work. Caín reveals what is modern and surprising in Saramago's prose: the ability to remake a story that is known from start to finish. A reflection on the origin of power and the manipulations that the different religions and their temporary allies have exerted on the consciences of men to prevent thought from being free and the use of the will independent of religious criteria. A denunciation of the pernicious effects of alliances between religions and politics. In short, an allegation against a God who kills and condemns those whom he claims to have created in his image and likeness, and which Cain solves in a surprising way.