The Last Witness
The Last Witness
Niklas RådströmNew riveting novel by one of Sweden’s foremost literary voices
Year 88 AD, half a century has passed since Yeshua walked through the gates of Jerusalem during that fateful Passo ver. Nearly all who followed him are gone, persecuted and killed for carrying his message forward. One remains: Ju das — aged, anonymous, and alive only because the world believes him dead. He still calls the man he once followed his master, and he carries the burden of the part he played in his death. Before it is too late, Judas wants to tell his side of the story and set the record straight.
In The Last Witness, Niklas Rådström reimagines a uni versal truth with bold poetic vision, lending a voice to one of the most hated figures in the Bible. But what if the truth is not what we believe it to be? And how can we ever be certain of what really happened so many years ago?
Joining the rank of writers who have dared to revisit and re-inhabit biblical narratives — from Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist, through Cain by José Saramago, to The Tes tament of Mary by Colm Tóibín — Rådström reframes the portrait and sets the people of the Bible in a radically new light.
The result is an impressive historical novel that not only engages with the literary canon but also becomes a mas terful commentary on our own present times — on power, testimony, and whose voices are allowed to shape the stories we inherit.
