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This novella or prose poem, approximately one hundred pages, is extremely beautiful. Written from the perspective of Mary, it gives what I can imagine could be a very real and emotional picture of her as a woman coping with the loss of her son. I found it interesting that the writer, a man, was able to break into the psyche of a woman and describe it so well. Although linking in biblical references, <\/span><\/span>TheTestament of Mary<\/i><\/span><\/a>runs parallel and, at times, even at a tangent, to what is assumed and believed. Colm<\/span><\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span>\u00f3ib\u00edn has succeeded in making Mary more human and, in doing so, he has put her suffering, and even the suffering of her son, in a completely different perspective. It is the <\/span><\/span>ordinariness<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>of them both that shines through and it is just this ordinariness that makes the suffering that much more poignant. Beautifully written, <\/span><\/span>The Testament of Mary <\/i><\/span>is<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>definitely worth reading. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This novella or prose poem, approximately one hundred pages, is extremely beautiful. Written from the perspective of Mary, it gives what I can imagine could be a very real and emotional picture of her as a woman coping with the loss of her son. I found it interesting that the writer, a man, was able … <\/p>\n