Damascus

Christos Tsiolkas

2019年10月 · Bolinda · 朗讀者：Saul Reichlin

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‘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 their mothers and violate men in front of their wives. The temple priests flay us openly in the streets. 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 have to wonder, how is it that we not only survive but we grow stronger?’ Christos Tsiolkas’ stunning new title Damascus is a work of immense power and epic scope, taking as its subject nothing less than events surrounding the birth and establishment of the Christian church. Based around the gospels and letters of St Paul and focusing on characters one and two generations after the death of Christ, as well as Paul (Saul) himself, Damascus nevertheless asks the contemporary and urgent questions that have always obsessed Tsiolkas as a writer – about class, love, family, exile and sacrifice.

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Christos Tsiolkas is the author of five novels: Loaded, which was made into the feature film Head-On, The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award. He won Overall Best Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009, was shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award, longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and won the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal for his novel, The Slap, which was also announced as the 2009 Australian Booksellers Association and Australian Book Industry Awards Books of the Year. He is also a playwright, essayist and screenwriter. Christos' latest novel is Barracuda, which was published here and in the UK to rave reviews in late 2013 and became an instant bestseller.

South African born, London resident of 50 years, Saul is a multi award-winning audiobook narrator (including ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ by Stieg Larsson) He has narrated over 50 TV documentaries for Sky History Channel, is a former National Theatre player, and was nominated Best Actor for his performance in ‘Old Wicked Songs’ by Jon Marans. Saul has also toured 35 cities around the world with his one-man storytelling show, ‘Now You’re Talking!’, including seasons in Chicago. off-Broadway and off-West End, London.