Children of God
Sveen, Lars Petter
Daring and original stories set in New Testament times, from a rising young Norwegian authorLars Petter Sveen's Children of God recounts the lives of people on the margins of the New Testament, thieves, Roman soldiers, prostitutes, lepers, healers, and the occasional disciple all get a chance to speak. With language free of judgment or moralizing, Sveen covers familiar ground in unusual ways. In the opening story, a group of soldiers are taske...