Poetic rewriting of the Gospel according to Matthew in forty blank-verse sonnets, translated to Spanish in free verse.

With Lift Up the Stone, Jonathan Harrington has created a version of the Gospel of Matthew that is faithful to the original as well as completely original at the same time. The message of the gospel is recast in our contemporary setting. There are miracles as well as suicide bombings and mortar shells; donkeys and jet fighters over the clouds above the Gaza Strip. And a faithful dog steals a scene at the Last Supper.

Expertly translated, Fer de la Cruz has carefully created Spanish originals that retain all the charm and music of the English." --Don Cellini.