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Man of Nazareth
1979 historical novel by Anthony Burgess From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Man of Nazareth is a 1979 historical novel by Anthony Burgess based on his screenplay for Franco Zeffirelli's television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977). It is the second in a trilogy of Burgess books with biblical themes, the others being Moses (1976) and The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985).
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Plot introduction
Man of Nazareth is a fictionalized historic account recalling the story of Jesus from his birth to his death. Burgess uses a Greek merchant recently returned from Jerusalem following the crucifixion as the narrator, a man recounting the stories he heard about Jesus while conducting his business there.
Release details
- 1979, United States, McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-008962-0, Pub date November 1979, Hardback
Sources, references, external links, quotations
"'Love and Do as You Please'". The New York Review of Books. 26. NYR Books …. 16 August 1979.
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