Jonah
Robert Nathan
Maison d'édition: Good Press
Synopsis
Robert Nathan's Jonah is a subtle modern reimagining of the biblical prophet, shaped less as strict retelling than as reflective literary fable. Nathan brings to the ancient narrative his characteristic blend of fantasy, irony, and moral seriousness, turning Jonah's flight, resistance, and confrontation with divine purpose into a meditation on conscience, freedom, and grace. Written in lucid, elegant prose, the novel belongs to the twentieth-century tradition of spiritually inflected fiction that uses mythic material to probe modern inwardness and ethical uncertainty. Nathan, an American novelist and poet best known for works such as Portrait of Jennie, repeatedly explored the borderland between the ordinary and the miraculous. His fiction often joins whimsy with metaphysical inquiry, suggesting an author deeply interested in destiny, love, and the unseen forces shaping human life. In Jonah, these concerns find an especially fitting vehicle: the biblical story allows Nathan to examine rebellion against vocation and the painful education of compassion. This is a rewarding book for readers interested in literary retellings of scripture, religious fiction of psychological depth, and graceful prose that wears its wisdom lightly. Jonah deserves attention not only as an imaginative recasting of a familiar story, but as a humane and intelligent exploration of spiritual resistance and renewal.
Disponible depuis: 29/06/2026.
Longueur d'impression: 73 pages.
