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The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Vigyázat! Cselekményleírást tartalmaz.

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years – except Biff, the Messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work „reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Saviors pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But theres no one who loves Josh more – except maybe „Maggie,” Mary of Magdala – and Biff isnt about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2002

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Orbit, 2009
468 oldal · ASIN: B002TZ3CA4
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William Morrow, New York, 2009
468 oldal · ASIN: B000OVLK2W
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Orbit, London, 2007
512 oldal · ISBN: 9781841494524

3 további kiadás


Kedvencelte 5

Most olvassa 1

Várólistára tette 6

Kívánságlistára tette 7


Kiemelt értékelések

Serenity87 P>!
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Christopher Moore: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Rendkívül fárasztó mértékű humort tartalmaz, így csak részletekben tudtam olvasni, és ha csak az első 5 nagy részegységét olvastam volna a könyvnek, szerintem egy erős négyes lett volna.

Ami miatt viszont mégis ötcsillagos lett és ami nálam kiemelkedővé tette, az egyértelműen az utolsó, hatodik nagy fejezet. Aprólékos munkával felépítette az író Joshua és Biff több évtizedes barátságát, töméntelen humorral, hogy aztán végig követhessük ahogy Biff pár nap leforgása próbálja megmenteni a barátját, egyre kétségbeesettebb és vadabb ötleteket kiagyalva, míg el nem érünk a végkifejlethez. Hiába tudtam pontosan, hogy mi fog történni, nagyon megrázó volt. Az epilógus keserédes, de jól illik a történethez.

Nem tudtam mire számítsak majd a leírás alapján, de jóval jobb volt, mint ahogy előre tippeltem.

Berike>!
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Christopher Moore: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Erre nem lehet mást adni, csak 5 csillagot! Vidám, szórakoztató, jókat derrültem olvasás közben. Moore képes a vallási kérdéseket és bibliai cselekményeket szatirikus módon, sajátos humorral az olvasó elé tárni. Jézus és Biff kalandjain keresztül a Messiás gyermekkorával és felnőtté válásával ismerkedhetünk meg. Amint mondtam, humorral van átszőve a történet, ám a humor mögött mélyebb tartalom van, és persze ott van mögötte az Újszövetség is – volt több történet, aminek a megértéséhez jó volt, hogy ismerem az Újtestamentumot.

silex>!
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Christopher Moore: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

No, ilyen egy jó könyv. Mosolyogtat, emberközeli, értelmesen feszeget. Csak picit blaszfém néha, de bőven tűréshatáron belül, sőt. Néha kicsit elmegy fantasybe (Boldizsár környékén), de még efölött is hajlandó vagyok szemet hunyni, mert az eleje és a vége egyszerűen tökéletes. A közepén meg vannak nagyon-nagyon jó dolgok.
És még idézhető is. Asszem egy újabb író, akinek a műveibe bele kell mélyednem. Szóvalhát nagyonköszi, @bürök

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Izolda P>!
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Christopher Moore: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Ez egy nagyon jó könyv. (Persze aki nem tud felháborodás nélkül elmenni amellett, hogy viccessé írta át Moore az evangéliumot, úgy, hogy közben a lényeg megmarad, az ne olvassa el.)
Vannak nagyon humoros részei (nem tudom, mit szóltak a szomszédok a hajnalban felhangzó hangos vihorászáshoz), vannak nagyon elgondolkoztató részei, és a vége… nos, mindenki ismeri a történet végét, de az utolsó fejezetek így is nagyon megrázóak, mert rengeteg érzelem: kétségbeesés és fájdalom van bennük. És persze az a kis plusz, amit itt hozzátett Moore, az nagyon jól illeszkedik a regényhez, és…. nagyon jó, na.
(Magyarul: Biff evangéliuma)


Népszerű idézetek

Izolda P>!

And thus did I pray:
“Heavenly Father, God of my father and my father’s father, God of Abraham and Isaac, God of Moses, who did lead our people out of Egypt, God of David and Solomon—well, you know who you are…

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Izolda P>!

Author’s blessing
If you have come to these pages for laughter, may you find it.
If you are here to be offended, may your ire rise and your blood boil.
If you seek an adventure, may this story sing you away to blissful escape.
If you need to test or confirm your beliefs, may you reach comfortable conclusions.
All books reveal perfection, by what they are or what they are not.
May you find that which you seek, in these pages or outside them.
May you find perfection, and know it by name.

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Izolda P>!

"I’ve got it: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.”
“Okay, better. What are you going to give them?”
“A fruit basket.”
“You can’t give the meek the whole earth and these guys a fruit basket.”
“Give them the kingdom of heaven.”
“The poor in spirit got that.”
“Everybody gets some.”
“Okay then, ‘share the Kingdom of Heaven.’” I wrote it down.
“We could give the fruit basket to the dumbfucks.”
“NO DUMBFUCKS!”
“Sorry, I just feel for them.”
“You feel for everyone, Josh. It’s your job.”
“Oh yeah. I forgot.”

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Izolda P>!

“Let my people go,” said Joshua, as Moses.
“Okay.”
“You can’t just say, ‘Okay.’”
“I can’t?”
“No, the Lord has hardened your heart against my demands.”
“Why’d he do that?”
“I don’t know, he just did. Now, let my people go.”
“Nope.” I crossed my arms and turned away like someone whose heart is hardened.
“Behold as I turn this stick into a snake. Now, let my people go!”
“Okay.”
“You can’t just say ‘okay’!”
“Why? That was a pretty good trick with the stick.”
“But that’s not how it goes.”
“Okay. No way, Moses, your people have to stay.”
Joshua waved his staff in my face. “Behold, I will plague you with frogs. They will fill your house and your bedchamber and get on your stuff.”
“So?”
“So that’s bad. Let my people go, Pharaoh.”
“I sorta like frogs.”
“Dead frogs,” Moses threatened. “Piles of steaming, stinking dead frogs.”
“Oh, in that case, you’d better take your people and go. I have some sphinxes and stuff to build anyway.”
“Dammit, Biff, that’s not how it goes! I have more plagues for you.”

Chapter One

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Joshua stared into the dirt before him, thinking or praying, I couldn't tell. Finally he said, „John's followers will be like babes in the wilderness.”
„Thirsty?” guessed Nathaniel.
„Hungry?” guessed Peter.
„Horny?” guessed Thomas.
„No you dumbfucks, lost. They'll be lost!” I said. „Jeez.”

Christopher Moore: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

silex>!

And so I let loose with one of my famous dirges. 'La-la-la. Hey Roman guy, too bad about your getting stabbed. La-la-la. It's probably not a message from God or nothing. La-la-la.Telling you that maybe you should have gone home, la, la, la. Instead of oppressing the chosen people who God hisownself has said that he likes better than you. Fa, la, la, la. […] La-la-la, didn't we tell you that you shouldn't eat pork, la-la. Although looking at wounds in your chest, a dietary change might not have made that big a difference. Boom shaka-laka-laka-laka, boom shaka-laka-lak. Come on, you know the words!"

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bürök>!

'So, what did you see in the desert?'
'The Devil.'
'The Devil?'
'Yep. He tempted me. Power, wealth, sex, that sort of thing. I turned him down.'
'What did he look like?'
'He was tall.'
'Tall? The prince of darkness, the serpent of temptation, the source of all corruption and evil, and all you can say about him is he was tall?'
'Pretty tall.'
'Oh, good, I'll be on the lookout then.'

Chapter 24

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Izolda P>!

Routine feeds the illusion of safety, and if nothing else, there was routine at the monastery.

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'This ability to increase the bounty of food – imagine what we can do for the people of Israel, of the world.'
'Yes, Josh, for it is written: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but teach a man to be a fish and his friends eat for a week."'
'That is not written. Where is that written?'
'Amphibians five-seven.'
'There's no friggin' Amphibians in the Bible.'
'Plague of frogs. Ha! Gotcha!'
'How long's it been since you had a beating?'
'Please. You can't hit anyone, you have to be at total peace with all creation so you can find Sparky the Wonder Spirit.'
'The Divine Spark.'
'Whatever, th – ouch. Oh, great, and what am I supposed to do, hit the Messiah back?'
'Turn the other cheek. Go ahead, turn it.'

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patakizs>!

Evidently, once you accept that your wife slept with God, extraordinary events seem sort of commonplace.

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