The first time we open a book, we usually have a reason for doing so; however, God’s Telephone is one of those reads that seem to choose you, not the other way around. This novel arrives with a quiet promise: to accompany you on a search you may not even have known you had begun.
Its starting point is as unsettling as it is powerful: a man defeated by sadness decides to invite a stranger to dinner and, in return, receives God’s phone number. What might seem like an eccentricity becomes a call—both literal and metaphorical—that upends his life. A voice on the other end of the line knows everything about him: his wounds, his fears, his deepest desires. And, above all, the things he has never dared to ask.
What follows is an intimate journey filled with mystery, emotion, and spiritual clarity. The protagonist asks the very questions we have all whispered to ourselves: why we suffer, what love means, where the purpose of existence hides. With each conversation, the novel unfolds an honest dialogue between the human and the transcendent, between the doubting mind and the faith that longs to understand.
That is the true strength of this story: it invites us to look beyond without demanding that we stop being who we are. It does not preach, impose, or seek to convert. It suggests. It accompanies. And it allows each reader to find their own resonance in those calls that seem, in truth, addressed to any one of us.
Inspired by a true story, the novel blends the sensitivity and spiritual insight of Francesc Miralles who, with the help of two collaborators, Adriana Hernández and Marc Vives, delivers a text that reads effortlessly yet lingers long after the final page is turned.
If you are looking for a novel that stirs you, sparks questions, and offers a different way of contemplating life, God’s Telephone is a sure bet.
