Download or read book Barabbas written by Pär Lagerkvist and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe." Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair