Английская Википедия:I Am God (novel)
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I Am God, originally published as Sono Dio, is an Italian novel by Giacomo Sartori about the Abrahamic God falling in love with a mortal woman. First published in 2016 and translated into English by Frederika Randall in 2019,[1] it was a critical and commercial success.
Plot
I Am God opens with God beginning to keep a journal about his view on modern society, and in particular his infatuation with Daphne, a young geneticist. Daphne, an atheist post-punk and anti-Catholic activist, attracts God's attention although he fails to understand why.[2] Much of the book is epistolary, with God as a first-person narrator through his journal, discussing his thoughts on a humanity he finds unsatisfying; language is recent to him, as the God of the novel has mostly disclaimed and damned humanity on the basis of thinking human language and thought to be evil.[3] The plot also features a love triangle between Daphne, God, and her mortal boyfriend Giovanni, an alcoholic and sexually uninhibited paleontologist.[4]
The God of I Am God has been characterized as neurotic, garrulous, and overly verbose.[5] He also holds conservative views on matters of gender and sexuality, being called "half heteronormative deity, half embarrassing uncle" by Martin Riker of The New York Times.[2]
Reception
I Am God received mostly positive reviews. Michael Alec Rose of BookPage described the novel as "delightful, strikingly current, [and] infectiously readable" and compared Sartori to great historical Italian religious artists such as Michelangelo and Dante Alighieri, saying "in his modest and profound way, Sartori belongs in this terrific company".[6] R. P. Finch of The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "a pleasure to read", but criticized the plot for being overly complex,[3] while Publishers Weekly referred to it as "an immensely satisfying feat of imagination".[4] James Livingston of The New Republic wrote a particularly in-depth review, interpreting I Am God as a meditation on the human focus on death and mortality, concepts alien to an immortal deity.[5]
Kirkus Reviews and The New York Times both gave more mixed reviews. Kirkus criticized the book for lacking sharpness and for what it interpreted as homophobic content,[7] while The New York Times, while overall positive, found the characters to be overly simplistic and the humour perhaps weakened by translation.[2]
Italian reviewers were also positive about Sono Dio, the original Italian novel. Gabriele Sabatini of Flaneri praised the novel for its sense of spirit and vigour,[8] while Stefano Zangrando of L'Indice dei libri del mese endorsed the humour and prose.[9]
See also
References
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