I read an excerpt from the book from a link on NPR (I will try to find it and post it). The book is actually about a wife of Muhammad and tells her story in a very human way. Apparantly one is aware of her flaws as well as possibly flaws of Muhammad. (NOT saying Muhammad had flaws... just telling why folks had problems with the book). It reminds me of a book written by Jose Sarramago about the life of Christ. It portrayed him as a real human who smelled of goats and had human problems. What a concept. Here is a review about it from Library Journal: The Gospel According To Jesus Christ
From Library Journal
This thoughtful, provocative study of Jesus' self-understanding as both son of God and an all-too-human family member caused debate in the Portuguese parliament and is likely to generate discussion here. Saramago reveals a deep knowledge of scripture, theology, and Christian history, but his true gift may lie in evoking the physical world. Christian writers have often downplayed the earthier aspects of the Incarnation, but here Jesus is "identified as a shepherd by the smell of goat." God says that it is "dissatisfaction, one of the qualities which make man in My image and likeness," which led him to desire a son on Earth. "There will be a church," God tells Jesus, giving a lengthy martyrology as evidence. Jesus dies as do many of us, lamenting "a life planned for death from the very beginning." For serious religious collections.
- Kathleen Norris, Lemmon P.L., S.D.
I read it from a purely literary point of view (like any good story) and really enjoyed it. Quite good though I have not heard much about the book. For such a good book, it doesn't get a lot of press nowadays... though it has been out for some years.
Anyhoo.. The excerpt I read from the censured book about Mohammad was very well written and seemed like it could have been a good book. Wonder if we will ever know?
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