So after I just got done saying how I hardly ever read Christian fiction ... well ... I do like Francine Rivers. :) The Atonement Child is actually my favorite out of all of hers. Once you read it and get introduced to Joe, I think you'll see why. :)
Fictionalizing biblical stories is a hard one. I actually haven't cared much for most of the ones done by authors who identify themselves primarily as writing to a Christian market, but I really liked a more secular-market book called The gilded chamber : A novel of Queen Esther by Rebecca Kohn. I think it might be because in a fiction book I'm more interested in the culture and lifestyle than the actual spiritual content of the stories - when I'm studying them for spiritual edification, I read the Bible. :) More secular authors tend, in my experience, to be more focused on getting the historical details right rather than just making everything religious.
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Date: 2008-05-08 01:27 am (UTC)Fictionalizing biblical stories is a hard one. I actually haven't cared much for most of the ones done by authors who identify themselves primarily as writing to a Christian market, but I really liked a more secular-market book called The gilded chamber : A novel of Queen Esther by Rebecca Kohn. I think it might be because in a fiction book I'm more interested in the culture and lifestyle than the actual spiritual content of the stories - when I'm studying them for spiritual edification, I read the Bible. :) More secular authors tend, in my experience, to be more focused on getting the historical details right rather than just making everything religious.
I feel as if I'm explaining myself very badly!