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Gospel of Corax

Gospel of Corax

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Gospel of Corax

by Paul Park

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ISBN 10
1569470618
ISBN 13
9781569470619
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This book is in excellent condition, no wear to covers, minor wear to edges of dust jacket from normal storage. No markings inner pages, spine intact no creases. "Written as an apocryphal gospel, a historical novel traces Christ's journey to Tibet and his contact with Eastern religions, led by a refugee, homosexual slave named Corax who precipitates Jesus' banishment from Palestine" Good Reads "Paul Park (born 1954) is an American science fiction author and fantasy author. He lives in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. He also teaches a Reading and Writing Science Fiction course at Williams College. He has also taught several times at the Clarion West Writing Workshop.

Park appeared on the American science fiction scene in 1987 and quickly established himself as a writer of polished, if often grim, literary science fiction. His first work was the Starbridge Chronicles trilogy, set on a world with generations-long seasons much like Brian Aldiss' Helliconia trilogy. His critically acclaimed novels have since dealt with colonialism on alien worlds (Coelestis), Biblical (Three Marys) and theosophical (The Gospel of Corax) legends, a parallel world where magic works (A Princess of Roumania and its sequels, The Tourmaline, The White Tyger and The Hidden World), and other topics. He has published short stories in Omni Magazine, Interzone and other magazines." Good Reads

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As seen through the eyes of Corax, a runaway Roman slave skilled in the healing arts, Jeshua is a burly Essene falsely accused of betraying his fellow rebels. Forced to flee Palestine, Jeshua encounters Corax, the real betrayer, on the perilous road east, and the two become unlikely traveling companions. Corax is headed for the source of the sacred Ganges River, whose purifying waters flow through the country of his father's birth. Jeshua is on a different kind of journey altogether-one of spiritual growth and self-discovery. As they cross the chaotic remnants of Alexander's empire, eluding violent Scythians and Huns, encountering Zoroastrian magi and Buddhist sages, Jeshua undergoes a gradual metamorphosis from rebel into mystic. And by the the time the two reach the foothills of the Himalayas, Jeshua is ready to return to Palestine and take up his mission.

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Bookseller
Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1034-2024
Title
Gospel of Corax
Author
Paul Park
Format/Binding
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1569470618
ISBN 13
9781569470619
Publisher
Soho Press
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published
1996-06-01
Pages
297
Size
24 cm x 16 xm
Keywords
Fiction, Historical, Biblical

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