| Description |
1 online resource (423 pages) : map |
| Summary |
"'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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Paul, the Apostle, Saint -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Paul, the Apostle, Saint fast |
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Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction
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Bible. New Testament fast |
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Apostles -- Fiction
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction
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Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction
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Apostles
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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History of Biblical events
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Persecution -- Early church
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| Genre/Form |
Australian Fiction
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Bible fiction
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Biographical fiction
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Fiction
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Historical fiction
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History
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Religious fiction
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Bible fiction.
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Religious fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1760872679 |
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9781760872670 |
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