Thirst gives human word to the Son of God. With its incisive humor, to the first person,
Amélie Nothomb imagines the words of Jesus between his trial and the miracles of which he is accused, his cross, His sufferings and ordeal. He remembers his mother, Judas, of Marie-Madeleine and their love. All Christ, He is nonetheless man and he is thirsty. Here are the last hours of a poet, revolutionary, of a prophet or a single and ordinary man.