The Gospel of the Twin
March 17, 2016
ISBN-10: 1610881591
ISBN-13: 978-1610881593
Thomas of Nazareth, old and bitter after years of self-imposed exile from his homeland, returns to Jerusalem to write a book about his identical twin brother Jesus. Disgusted by how others have perverted his brother’s message, Thomas wants to set the record straight. But in doing so, he must try to unravel the enigma that was Jesus. Provocative, inventive, and sure to be controversial, The Gospel of the Twin draws upon scriptural and ancient, non-Biblical sources to present an imaginative version of the founding of Christianity through scenes of violence, tenderness, and mistaken identity that will change the way the world thinks about Jesus.
"A compelling and imaginative story of Jesus' . . . marked by the same well-crafted prose of Cooper's other works."--Southern Literary Review
"Beautifully written, smart, gripping, and richly textured. It's also unlike any novel I know. Cooper is a superb writer, and a daring one, too."
--Steve Yarbrough, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
March 17, 2016
ISBN-10: 1610881591
ISBN-13: 978-1610881593
Thomas of Nazareth, old and bitter after years of self-imposed exile from his homeland, returns to Jerusalem to write a book about his identical twin brother Jesus. Disgusted by how others have perverted his brother’s message, Thomas wants to set the record straight. But in doing so, he must try to unravel the enigma that was Jesus. Provocative, inventive, and sure to be controversial, The Gospel of the Twin draws upon scriptural and ancient, non-Biblical sources to present an imaginative version of the founding of Christianity through scenes of violence, tenderness, and mistaken identity that will change the way the world thinks about Jesus.
"A compelling and imaginative story of Jesus' . . . marked by the same well-crafted prose of Cooper's other works."--Southern Literary Review
"Beautifully written, smart, gripping, and richly textured. It's also unlike any novel I know. Cooper is a superb writer, and a daring one, too."
--Steve Yarbrough, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
"Purple Jesus . . . deserves a place on the bookshelf between O Connor's Wise Blood and Crews's The Gospel Singer, but Ron Cooper has his own unique voice, and what a marvelous, darkly comic voice it is." --Ron Rash, 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
Purple Jesus
October 15, 2010
ISBN 978-1-890862-70-1
Three unlikely characters--a directionless, delusional young man, a determined, but powerless young woman, a silent, angst-ridden monk--are drawn together by fateful shifts in geography and chance.
Murder mystery, love story, religious allegory, in Purple Jesus, Ron continues to explore complex philosophical ideas through disparate, desperate characters.
Purple Jesus
October 15, 2010
ISBN 978-1-890862-70-1
Three unlikely characters--a directionless, delusional young man, a determined, but powerless young woman, a silent, angst-ridden monk--are drawn together by fateful shifts in geography and chance.
Murder mystery, love story, religious allegory, in Purple Jesus, Ron continues to explore complex philosophical ideas through disparate, desperate characters.
"Only Ron Cooper could have cooked up this mix of zaniness and erudition, satire and insight. Hume's Fork is as delicious as it is original." --Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher, novelist, and MacArthur Fellow
Hume's Fork
April 9, 2007
ISBN 978-1-890862-50-3
Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he can’t escape the world he lives in. On the run from his wife Tally, Legare joins brilliant but exceptionally awkward colleague Saul Grossman to attend the American Philosophical Association’s Charleston, SC conference, where worlds and walks of life collide in a strange and satirical amalgamation that can only be described as reality.
Hume's Fork
April 9, 2007
ISBN 978-1-890862-50-3
Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he can’t escape the world he lives in. On the run from his wife Tally, Legare joins brilliant but exceptionally awkward colleague Saul Grossman to attend the American Philosophical Association’s Charleston, SC conference, where worlds and walks of life collide in a strange and satirical amalgamation that can only be described as reality.