QuarantinePenguin, 1997 - 242 sider An account of Jesus' forty days in the wilderness, and of the people in the Judean desert who meet the strange Galilean on his quest. A trader and his pregnant wife are stranded near the caves where four pilgrims and Jesus arrive to make a retreat. Each of them is affected by Jesus' presence. Some descriptions of sex. Whitbread Novel of the Year 1997. |
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