{"product_id":"the-testament-of-mary-9781451692389","title":"The Testament of Mary","description":"\"T ib n is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity--shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel, who are her keepers. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was \"worth it\"; nor that the \"group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye,\" were holy disciples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary judges herself ruthlessly (she did not stay at the foot of the cross until her son died--she fled, to save herself), and her judgment of others is equally harsh. This woman whom we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone. T ib n's tour de force of imagination and language is a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451692389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651413045404,"sku":"9781451692389","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8322cc6a-0b6c-4e2d-aacd-ea5cba780438.jpg?v=1603877597","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-testament-of-mary-9781451692389","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}