{"product_id":"brief-encounters-cain-paperback","title":"Brief Encounters: Cain (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWritten in the last years of Saramago's life, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is a controversial and witty story of a wilful, authoritarian God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter killing his brother, Cain is condemned to wander the earth. As he moves through time, he encounters moments from the Old Testament – acts of faith, violence and divine judgement that he cannot accept without question. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCain\u003c\/span\u003e is José Saramago’s bold, darkly playful reimagining of a biblical outcast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout The Aiuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJosé Saramago\u003c\/span\u003e is one of the most important international writers of thelast hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBaltasar and Blimunda\u003c\/span\u003e. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619885048015,"sku":"9781529983678","price":22.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_eceb7689-77d1-4ef6-bb6a-fbf2ce479542.jpg?v=1784792824","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/brief-encounters-cain-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}