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Mann's comic retelling of the medieval legend of Gregorius, a child born of noble twins and set adrift at sea, who grows up to become a knight and, in time, pope.
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Joseph and His Brothers
Mann's retelling of Genesis across four novels: Jacob's favourite son, Joseph, is sold into Egypt by his brothers and rises in Pharaoh's land.
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
Felix Krull, the handsome son of a bankrupt Rhineland champagne maker, sets out to make his way through Paris hotels and European society on charm, mimicry and imposture.
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth reimagined as a fully human man, doubting, loving and in open dispute with God, in Saramago's provocative retelling of the Gospels.
Cain
After killing his brother Abel, Cain is condemned to wander and slips through time into the Old Testament's great episodes, from the sacrifice of Isaac to the Tower of Babel and Noah's ark, questioning every act of divine cruelty he sees.
Paradise Reclaimed
Steinar, a poor, upright Icelandic farmer, gives his daughter's beloved pony to the King of Denmark and later leaves his family to follow a Mormon missionary to Utah.
Arabian Nights and Days
Mahfouz picks up the Thousand and One Nights where Shahrazad stops, with the sultan's killing over and the people of the city crossing paths with genies and magic.
The Axe
In thirteenth-century Norway, Olav Audunssøn and Ingunn, raised together and betrothed as children, give in to each other before the marriage is settled, and blood is shed over it.
Thaïs
Paphnuce, a desert monk in fourth-century Egypt, resolves to save the soul of Thaïs, the celebrated courtesan of Alexandria he once desired.
The Collected Stories
Forty-seven stories Singer chose himself, from the demons and holy fools of the old Polish shtetl to the survivors living out their lives in Manhattan and Miami.
The Guide
Raju, a former tour guide just out of prison, shelters in a riverside temple and is taken by the villagers for a holy man, and when drought comes they want a miracle.
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
Stories of the Jewish villages of old Poland, among them Gimpel the baker, the butt of every joke in town, who chooses to believe whatever he is told.
The Penelopiad
Speaking from the underworld, Penelope gives her own account of waiting twenty years for Odysseus, and the chorus of twelve maids he hanged on his return has its say too.