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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."
"Its power is the power of a parable, with the same timeless echo." -- The New York Times
"As a parable, Barabbas is open to many interpretations. As a picture of a human soul, with or without parable, it is moving and convincing." -- Time
"Swift, sparing, limpid, and hauntingly intense." -- Atlantic Monthly
Par Lagerkvist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951.
Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair
- Sales Rank: #2474100 in Books
- Published on: 1983-08-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 6.00" w x .75" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 188 pages
Review
"Its power is the power of a parable, with the same timeless echo." -- The New York Times
"As a parable, Barabbas is open to many interpretations. As a picture of a human soul, with or without parable, it is moving and convincing." -- Time
"Swift, sparing, limpid, and hauntingly intense." -- Atlantic Monthly --Review
"Its power is the power of a parable, with the same timeless echo." -- The New York Times
"As a parable, Barabbas is open to many interpretations. As a picture of a human soul, with or without parable, it is moving and convincing." -- Time
"Swift, sparing, limpid, and hauntingly intense." --Atlantic Monthly
Language Notes
Text: English, Swedish (translation)
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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
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A Good Historical Fiction
By The Spinozanator
Barabbas was a notorious criminal of some sort introduced by the gospel of Mark - possibly a fictional character. The other three canonical gospels and the gospel of Peter followed Mark's lead and also told the Barabbas story. According to a Roman or Jewish custom, depending on which gospel you read, the governor might allow the crowd to decide to release one of the condemned during the Passover celebration. This custom is mentioned only in these gospels - not in any other historical source of the time.
"Barabbas" is a fictional story that takes up the life of Barabbas after the crucifixion of Jesus, well-done and intense, though sparse. The Lagerkvist story of Barabbas (Amazon's stated author is translator from Lagerkvist's scandinavian language) was used as the basis for a 1961 movie called "Barabbas" starring Anthony Quinn.
Barabbas becomes obsessed with Jesus as soon as he is pardoned. He attends the crucifixion and watches Jesus's death and burial. He observes the darkening and relightening of the sky, thinking it is due to eye problems related to his recent incarceration. He shows up on the third morning before dawn to see Jesus resurrected but the stone has already been moved and Jesus is not there. Barabbas thinks Jesus's friends have already moved him and that Jesus is still dead. Another at the tomb sees an angel perform some sort of resurrection function but Barabbas does not see it, although later he says he did.
Barabbas wants to believe throughout the book but cannot. Even at the end his position is not entirely clear. One of the downsides of this book, for me, was the inability of the Barabbas character to ever communicate much with anyone. Since it's fictional anyway, the character of Barabbas could have been just as tragic and still managed to talk a little. It would have been a convenient stage for anything the author wished to say. Even with the fellow slave he was chained to for over 20 years and grew to care for through enforced proximity, Barabbas rarely ever talked.
This book hints at the culture of the times and provides a little (if fictional) light on the organization of early Christianity in Jerusalem with Peter. Paganism is touched on as is the burning of Rome that Nero blamed on the Christians. It is a fascinating story that can be read in two hours or so. I like speculative stories of this sort. If nothing else, they reveal the superstition and primitiveness of the era and allow the author to present a point of view.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Give us Barabbas...
By Mcbruce56
Par Lagerkvist is one of those Nobel Laureates you don't know. His books tend to be short, disturbing, poetic.
Classicist tells the life of Barabbas with savage intensity. This is not the feel good version you might remember from the 60s TV play, but a darker, more difficult imagining in which Barabbas' salvation is not easily achieved. Throughout he questions God and death and slavery and love. Highly recommended.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting Fictional Account of Barabbas
By Nancy H
The book by Par Lagerkvist is open to interpretation, with the reader pondering at the end whether Barabbas chose Jesus or chose "the dark." The book relied on the social structure and events of the day to develop the life Barabbas may have had after being freed from prison. The book is much better than a movie of the same name based on the book.
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