{"product_id":"9780310368342","title":"The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness","description":"Author: Andrew Klavan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780310368342\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Religious\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eINSTANT \u003c\/em\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cem\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/em\u003e • Andrew Klavan explores how artists' imaginative engagement with the darkness can point the way to living beautifully in the midst of a tragic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Andrew Klavan's book illuminates even as it explores the deepest darkness, finding truth and beauty in art born of unflinching confrontations with evil.\"--Daniel McCarthy, editor-in-chief, \u003c\/em\u003eModern Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Truth and Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, Andrew Klavan explored how the work of great poets helps illuminate the truth of the gospels. Now, the award-winning screenwriter and crime novelist turns his attention to the dark side of human nature to discover how we might find joy and beauty in the world while still being clear-eyed about the evil found in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Kingdom of Cain \u003c\/em\u003elooks at three murders in history--including the first murder, Cain's killing of his brother, Abel--and at the art created from imaginative engagement with those horrific events by artists ranging from Fyodor Dostoevsky to Alfred Hitchcock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make beauty out of the world as it is--shot through with evil and injustice and suffering--is the task not just of the artist but, Klavan argues, of every life rightly lived. Examining how that transformation occurs in art grants us a vision for how it can happen in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKlavan eloquently argues that it \u003cem\u003eis \u003c\/em\u003epossible to be clear-eyed about the evil in the world while remaining hope-filled about God's ability to redeem it all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665312993438,"sku":"HPC-9780310368342","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780310368342.jpg?v=1775101643","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780310368342","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}