Manuel Villalobos

Postcards from Egypt

Fiction

“In Postcards from Egypt, a novel, Vena asks daring questions. What would have happened if Jesus did not die on the cross? If he was married? If he had an effeminate disciple? If he felt that his voice has been stolen and used—through misrepresentation and sheer invention—to build a movement based on his alleged resurrection? These questions allow Vena to reimagine Jesus in a radical way. The Jesus who emerges in Vena’s novel is free of dogmatism, and prejudices.”