Cain's Book

6 hrs. 51 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Marianne Fredriksson

Narrator Kirill Petrov

A novel by the internationally acclaimed Swedish writer Marian Fredriksson, a continuation of “The Book of Eve,” breathes new life into biblical characters to tell of the traps awaiting a person on the path to growing up; of the search for love and God; of guilt and retribution. This is the story of a person bending under the burden of heavy guilt—guilt that cannot be escaped.

The author says she wrote about the first family. Or rather, not about the first family, but about people from the “border zone” between different cultures. She was fascinated by the desire to understand a child and what happens to him as he moves from one stage of development to another—what he gains and what he loses.

On Cain’s forehead is the mark, and in his heart sorrow, because Cain killed his brother. Cain will sit on the royal throne and reign in glory—but on the very day of celebration, the past will catch up with him.

1. Eva's Book (narrated by Leontina Brotskaya) 2. Cain's Book