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Tsiolkas, Christos 1965-

Damascus / Christos Tsiolkas. - Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2019. - 423 pages : map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

"'They kill us, they crucify us, they throw us to beasts in the arena, they sew our lips together and watch us starve. They bugger children in front of fathers and violate men before the eyes of their wives. The temple priests flay us openly in the streets and the Judeans stone us. We are hunted everywhere and we are hunted by everyone. We are despised, yet we grow. We are tortured and crucified and yet we flourish. We are hated and still we multiply. Why is that? You must wonder, how is it we survive?' Based around the gospels and letters of St Paul, and focusing on characters one and two generations on from the death of Christ, as well as Paul (Saul) himself, Damascus nevertheless explores the themes that have always obsessed Tsiolkas as a writer: class, religion, masculinity, patriarchy, colonisation, refugees; the ways in which nations, societies, communities, families and individuals are united and divided - it's all here, the contemporary and urgent questions, perennial concerns made vivid and visceral."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781760875091 1760875090

Subjects--Personal Names:
Paul, the Apostle, Saint the Apostle, Saint --Fiction.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--New Testament--History of Biblical events--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Apostles--Fiction.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Fiction.
Persecution--History--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bible fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Religious fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR9619.3.T786 / D36 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914 A823.4