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The Life of God (as Told by Himself)
At the center of Franco Ferrucci's inspired novel is a tender, troubled God. In the beginning is God's solitude, and because God is lonely he creates the world. He falls in love with earth, plunges into the oceans, lives as plant and reptile and bird. His every thought and mood serve to populate the planet, with consequences that run away from him—sometimes delightfully, s...more
Paperback, 290 pages
Published
November 8th 1997
by University Of Chicago Press
(first published January 1st 1990)
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Full title = "The Life of God (as told by himself)". Philosophical and compelling. This book should become a classic if it hasn't done so already. It's the sort of book I can imagine on reading lists in schools and colleges. It is a mind-blowing, deeply thought-provoking book, following and challenging the history of creation and mankind, right up to present day, with plenty of nail-biting yarns along the way!. You will be drawn in by the humble, bewildered character, God, who longs to communica...more
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I don't know...it's kinda of a mixed bag with this book. I thought the author's take on God was really interesting, his personality, the manner in which he does or does not interact with the earth's timeline. God is presented here initially with the immense power to create and influence, but then seems to vanish into the background into his own life, as his creations begin to operate on their own terms (man foremost of all). I like the representation of God as...more
I don't know...it's kinda of a mixed bag with this book. I thought the author's take on God was really interesting, his personality, the manner in which he does or does not interact with the earth's timeline. God is presented here initially with the immense power to create and influence, but then seems to vanish into the background into his own life, as his creations begin to operate on their own terms (man foremost of all). I like the representation of God as...more
This was one of the first "real" books I ever read as a young child or teenager, and I loved it. I think I've actually read it twice, and I'd like to read it again now as an adult.
This is delightful in both tone & substance, & is intellectually challenging. It tells of God's encounters with humankind, from two delightful sections on the creation and God's dealings with Moses to recent dealings. After the initial leisurely accounts, the encounters become much briefer & less satisfying, but still rewarding. God is constantly on the lookout for humans who recognize him in their lives, but then is baffled by the attributes & actions they attribute to him. Like...more
Nooit geweten dat de titel in Nederlands zo afwijkt. Vind de vertaling: "De schepping, autobiografie van god", toch minder de lading dekken. De van vrolijk tot superchagrijnig wisselende stemmingen van het opperwezen dat Ferrucci schetst, staat in schril contrast met de doorgaans bekende beschrijvingen van de alwetende. De "ongenoemde" van Ferrucci is zelfs in staat zijn eigen beperkingen, en daardoor die van de vruchten van de evolutie te zien!
Regardless of your religious views--or lack-there-of, you will find something thought-provoking,insightful, amusing or delightful in this novel.
Wonderful beginning with storiies of Moses and Jesus.
This is an ontological mind bust. If you want a book that will trouble you, confuse you, love you and teach you read this. It is the fictional autobiography of God. However this is not the God we (westerners and easterners alike) have in mind. This a tender, self-conscious God somewhere hovering in the plot line of an episode of "Freaks and Geeks." As a side note the author of this book is Franco Ferrucci NOT Raymond Rosenthal. He did however help translate this book from the italian with the au...more
my favorite book ever!
The Author is Franco Ferrucci and it is beautifully written with many parts that can stand alone as parables. The main character is more human than God-like despite actually being God.
I will never find a book to love as much as I did this one. My friend Dawn picked it up for me on a hunch. Good hunch!
Read it. Seriously. I think this is my favorite book in the whole wide world.
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