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I am a huge fan of Mr Shmitt, he never disappointed me !
A thrilling story beautifully written.
This beautiful book has three distinct sections. One could call the first part The Gospel According to Jesus, the second part bears the title of the book, The Gospel According to Pilate. The third and final part is an explanation of what the author was thinking when he wrote it, not so much why he wrote it, but why he wrote it the way he did.
Very interesting book, relating Jesus-Christ life according to Pilate who does not believe and tries, desperately, to explain the unexplainable, through logic, reason and cynicism. A major book of E.E. Schmitt.
I really liked the beginnings of both parts. But both got preachier and preachier towards the end, finally reaching a peak by suggesting that maybe Pilate - the voice of reason and rationality in the entire book - was a (maybe even THE first) Christian. Overall, it could have been so much bolder and could have offered a more refreshing take on Jesus’ story. Instead the author not only chose to play it safe, but actually let the book become one of and about faith. Disappointing but a pleasant rea...
The first half of the book was a solid 5-star. It moved me, broadened my horizon, and shook my world. The second half, not so much. It was a good read, a fair 3-star.Definitely worth the read, whether you're a believer, an atheist, or somewhere in the middle. But it's probably gonna be best enjoyed by those who have a good grasp of the mainstream story of Jesus' life.
It´s more 2.5 stars, really. Read the book for class. On one hand, I found it rather badly written -or, at least, not well written- and the characterization was lacking subtelty. But some of the ideas were interesting and Schmitt´s vision of Jesus is definitely worth reading about.
the first part of the book is a little bit boring, not have any distinctive traits or style, on the other hand i liked the second, Pilate's part of the narration, his describes of events after crucifixion are more interesting, attractive and original.
I love it! It's really interesting and good writen.
wasn't for me - just did not grab my attention (but my bookclub loved it)!
The first book I read from this author and I fell in love with him!He just opens your mind. make you see things completely differently. Is never judgmental about the characters he creates.
School read.
There are books that you read before moving on to another one and there are those you want to keep in your library, to have your children, your parents, your friends read them. Powerful books that make you think long after you fished them. L'Évangile selon Pilate by Éric-Émmanuel Schmitt belongs to the latter category.The first part begins in the Garden of Olives. I was destabilized by the narrator. Destabilized, because isn't it sacrilegious to put oneself in his place and make him speak as if
Schmitt deserves a prize for his courage: it’s pretty daring to let none other than a certain Jesus of Nazareth look back on his extraordinary life. The nice thing is that he initially presents us a pretty “down-to-earth” Jesus-figure, who with surprise and awe looks at all the fuss people around him make about what he does, and even more when he is proclaimed Messiah by them. But then, during a solitary seclusion he has a mystical experience, and accepts his fate as the son of God, next operati...
Very interesting topic, disappointing result. The first part tries to tell the life of Jesus from his own point of view, which makes him very human and moving, and was really interesting to read. I especially liked the theory that Jesus himself didn't believe he was divine or somehow linked to God. Then the second part tells the same story but from Pontius Pilate's side, from the cruxifiction to Pilate's presumed conversion. That part was often dull, and pompous every now and then. The character...
The book has two parts, the first told by Jesus and the second by Pilate. I enjoyed the first part a great deal and found it fascinating--how Jesus slowly comes to understand his divinity (and even at the end, there is some doubt.) It made him approachable and relatable in a new way.The second part, by Pilate, was not so good. It was repetitive, as Pilate comes up with one explanation after another for the strange events surrounding Jesus' death, which eventually became boring. And it lacked a b...
3.5 stars
I found the premise interesting, and the characters of Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate were well-drawn. But the story was slow, and I got bored with it after 150 pages.
The first anti- police novel, as the author states.Placed in Palestine in Jesus time, the book presents the author's own vision about the Gospels. Now Jesus in just a human who gambles if he is the Son of God and wins, Pilat is Sherlock Holms who has acces to specialists that hove our day's technology and Judas is the smart and sensitive one and not a traitor.The last part explains the plot of the book and is very nice introduced by the author.
3.5 stars!I took me a while to properly start this book, but I'm glad I pushed through.My copy has 2 parts:"The Gospel of the Olives"/"The confessions of a convict on the night of His arrest" and "The Gospel of Pilate", as well as a form of an epilogue in which the author's expressing certain decisions and concerns to us, the readers.Getting down to reviewing this book, I must say that reading the epilogue threw me off for a second. I originally settled on a 3 star based on the strange pacing an...
