RICE'S `CHRIST' READS LIKE A COMIC BOOK STATEWIDE Edition

Why, then, does this stately, reverent, exhaustively researched depiction of Jesus in early childhood unfold like a comic superhero origin story? The kind in which Clark Kent discovers that his parents are not from around here, and he's not like everybody else? The kind in which the Kent family...

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Published inThe Hartford courant
Main Authors Reed, Kit, Special to The Courant, Kit Reed's new novel, "The Baby Merchant," will be published in June
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hartford, Conn Tribune Interactive, LLC 27.11.2005
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Rice, Anne
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Summary:Why, then, does this stately, reverent, exhaustively researched depiction of Jesus in early childhood unfold like a comic superhero origin story? The kind in which Clark Kent discovers that his parents are not from around here, and he's not like everybody else? The kind in which the Kent family conceals the child's real parentage from him for his protection and theirs? Narrated in a respectfully rendered first person by the child Jesus Himself, the novel begins with an unexpected display of superpowers. Attacked by a bully, 7-year-old Jesus lashes out: "I felt the power go out of me as I shouted: `You'll never get where you're going.' He fell down white on the sandy earth ..." Fudging a little bit, [Anne Rice] ends with the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. Scripture puts Christ's age at 12, but she suggests that [Jesus] is old for his age; in this version, he's just turned 8.
ISSN:1047-4153
2641-3892