Mary, mother of Jesus, as a human being, who tells in first person her version of the story of how her son grew away from her and ended up being crucified. The idea is simple and ingenious and I still don't know how he managed to write about the wonders Jesus worked in a seriously realistic manner. Marys testament as a broken-hearted mother, who can hardly overcome the fact, that she is estranged from her son and that she needed to flee to save herself, is beautifully insane - although it's language is calm and restricted- and imaginative. Breaks my little thoroughly non-christian heart.