Anne Rice — CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT

The Gospel According to Anne - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com:

In two weeks, Anne Rice, the chronicler of vampires, witches and—under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure—of soft-core S&M encounters, will publish “Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt,” a novel about the 7-year-old Jesus, narrated by Christ himself. “I promised,” she says, “that from now on I would write only for the Lord.

Until this, Anne Rice has been filed under Books I Won’t Be Reading. I must admit I’m curious, although I have a queasy feeling … Says later in the article that Kirkus gave it a starred review (reproduced here at Annerice.com).

Anne Rice writes there:

“Dear Ones — As many of you know, my new novel will be published in about a month. I’ve not said very much on this because perhaps there is so much to say. But let me make a few introductory remarks now. Christ the Lord — Out of Egypt is a novel about Jesus as a child, a boy of seven. And the story is told from his point of view. The research for this book has been endless and thrilling and at times confusing. I’ll post more about the research, the sources in all fields, including archaeology, social history of the first century, Jewish history, Jewish law and customs, New Testament studies, etc., as time goes on. An entire bibliography of works consulted would be very simply impossible. — What I want to say here is this: every effort has been made to make the entire world of this book accurate according to all the records we possess. This is the Jesus who was born in Bethlehem, celebrated by angels, visited by shepherds, and the Magi. This is the Christ of the four gospels in whom I believe. — In a way, the novel is the story of Christmas told in a new way — from the point of view of Jesus Himself when he is old enough to start talking seriously about the mysteries surrounding His birth. — My life has led to this book.

Love, Anne.”

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