- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (Nov 14 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416534989
- ISBN-13: 978-1416534983
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,648,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Prolific novelist and Texas gubernatorial candidate Friedman sets his winning tearjerker Christmas story in a faraway land, where a "good king" decides he needs an artist to create a nativity scene to reawaken the Christmas spirit among his dejected subjects. His adviser suggests Benjamin for the job, a 10-year-old who exhibits symptoms of autism (he doesn't speak and feels no emotion, but is a gifted painter). Benjamin undertakes the king's commission and works on the painting in a barn, where he befriends Valerie, a talking pig who brings Benjamin out of his autistic shell. He wants to paint his porcine best friend into the scene, but fears he can't because pigs don't appear in the biblical story. The ending is the saddest thing since Old Yeller.(Nov.)
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About the Author
Kinky Friedman lives in a little green trailer somewhere in the hills of Texas. He has five dogs, one armadillo, and one Smith-Corona typewriter. By the time you are reading this, Mr. Friedman may either be celebrating becoming the next governor of Texas or he may have retired in a petulant snit.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Classic, Nov 7 2006
By Mary Jackson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Christmas Pig: A Fable (Hardcover)
Read this book; it is the essence of Christmas. Bejamin, a ten year old artist, struggles to both paint a traditional Nativity and to explain to his friend Valerie, a pig, why she alone of all the animals in the family barn cannot be shown with the Baby Jesus. Benjamin learns about friendship and love, and we all learn that Love truly comes at Christmas. I smiled, I laughed, and I cried. This is a classic. Thank you, Mr. Friedman.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Meaning in Nativity, Nov 26 2006
By Calvin B. Arnason "IcelanderLight" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Christmas Pig: A Fable (Hardcover)
Don't judge this book by its cover. After reading its 162 pages, I feel that Mr. Friedman has succeeded in interpreting the nativity scene anew in a pertinent, meaningful, unforgettable way. I would never have guessed. I would recommend it for readers 12 and above - the plot takes place in a time when heretics were starved or burned to death, and there is a mention of that on the first page. And the ending is not easy, not trivial. But if you persevere through the first chapters you will meet a 10 year old boy orphan artist Benjamin who has never spoken a word in his life, never felt at home, never missed anything or anyone. You will also meet Valorie, a talking pig. Do persevere! You will be glad you did.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The real meaning of Christmas, Dec 2 2006
By mystery stitcher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Christmas Pig: A Fable (Hardcover)
I was expecting humor, but what I got was a wonderful, heartwarming story of a little boy and his best friend who just happens to be a pig. This is a true Christmas story. Read it!
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