Be(com)ing Dispossessed: Relationality and Violence in Naomi Alderman’s The Liars’ Gospels

This paper delves into Naomi Alderman’s The Liars’ Gospels (2013) as a biographical novel that draws on the official Gospels to address current issues. Focusing on the sections on Miryam (the Jewish spelling for the Virgin) and Barabbas, dispossession turns out to be the central subject, related to...

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Published in:	Études Britanniques Contemporaines
Main Author:	José M. Yebra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2017-10-01
Subjects:	violence dispossession relationality biographical novel reconciliation
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/ebc/3924

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