The last words of the titular protagonist of this novel are "To thee I deliver up my soul." The protagonist's first love is the girl with the harelip, whom he buries with her stillborn child after she is stoned to death. While working in the Cypriot mines he meets the tall Christian Sahak, who thinks him a holy man due to his having witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus, but Sahak is crucified for his beliefs, as, eventually, is the title character. For 10 points-- give this novel about a crisis of faith by Pär Lagerkvist, whose title character was replaced by Jesus on the cross.
The last words of the titular protagonist of this novel are "To thee I deliver up my soul." The protagonist's first love is the girl with the harelip, whom he buries with her stillborn child after she is stoned to death. While working in the Cypriot mines he meets the tall Christian Sahak, who thinks him a holy man due to his having witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus, but Sahak is crucified for his beliefs, as, eventually, is the title character. For 10 points-- give this novel about a crisis of faith by Pär Lagerkvist, whose title character was replaced by Jesus on the cross.
The last words of the titular protagonist of this novel are "To thee I deliver up my soul."
{Barabbas}