Bible Stories for Adults

James Morrow

März 2014 · Verkauft von Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Short fiction of biblical proportions—and bent—from the science fiction satirist and author of The Godhead Trilogy.
 
James Morrow, “the most provocative satiric voice in science fiction,” unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of short stories buoyed by his deliciously irreverent wit (The Washington Post). Among the dozen selections is the Nebula Award–winning story, “The Deluge,” in which a woman of ill repute is rescued by the crew of the ark, who must deal with the consequences of their misguided act of mercy. Also included is a follow-up to the Tower of Babel fable, an unprecedented nativity, and an attempt to stand so-called creation science on its head.
 
Nothing is spared in a collection that “deliciously skewer[s] not only Judeo-Christian mythology but other sacred cows of modern society, from capitalism to New Age spiritualism” (Booklist).
 
“Morrow’s is a blend of parody and commentary which challenges readers to reflect upon the human spiritual condition.” —Midwest Book Review
 

Autoren-Profil

Born in 1947, James Morrow has been writing fiction ever since he, as a seven-year-old living in the Philadelphia suburbs, dictated “The Story of the Dog Family” to his mother, who dutifully typed it up and bound the pages with yarn. This three-page, six-chapter fantasy is still in the author’s private archives. Upon reaching adulthood, Morrow produced nine novels of speculative fiction, including the critically acclaimed the Godhead Trilogy. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Only Begotten Daughter and Towing Jehovah, the Nebula Award for “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” and the novella City of Truth, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima. A full-time fiction writer, Morrow makes his home in State College, Pennsylvania, with his wife, their son, an enigmatic sheepdog, and a loopy beagle. He is hard at work on a novel about Darwinism and its discontents.