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Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor (1962, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374505845
ISBN-139780374505844
eBay Product ID (ePID)158895
Product Key Features
Book TitleWise Blood
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1962
TopicLiterary
GenreFiction
AuthorFlannery O'Connor
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.9 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"I was more impressed by Wise Blood than any novel I have read for a long time. Her picture of the world is literally terrifying. Kafka is almost the only one of our contemporaries who has achieved such effects. I have tremendous admiration for the work of this young writer."--Caroline Gordon "No other major American writer of our century has constructed a fictional world so energetically and forthrightly charged by religious investigation."--Brad Leithauser, The New Yorker, "I was more impressed byWise Bloodthan any novel I have read for a long time. Her picture of the world is literally terrifying. Kafka is almost the only one of our contemporaries who has achieved such effects. I have tremendous admiration for the work of this young writer."--Caroline Gordon "No other major American writer of our century has constructed a fictional world so energetically and forthrightly charged by religious investigation."--Brad Leithauser,The New Yorker
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisWise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate faith. He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher names Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Lily Sabbath. In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Hazel Motes founds the The Church Without Christ, but is still thwarted in his efforts to lose God. He meets Enoch Emery, a young man with "wise blood," who leads him to a mummified holy child, and whose crazy maneuvers are a manifestation of Hazel's existential struggles. This tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdom gives us one of the most consuming characters in modern fiction., Wise Blood , Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate faith. He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher names Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Lily Sabbath. In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Hazel Motes founds the The Church Without Christ, but is still thwarted in his efforts to lose God. He meets Enoch Emery, a young man with "wise blood," who leads him to a mummified holy child, and whose crazy maneuvers are a manifestation of Hazel's existential struggles. This tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdom gives us one of the most consuming characters in modern fiction.
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- 27 Jun, 2019
Wise Blood made me wiser
a great story on serious issues (e.g., religion, redemption, life and death) in a light-hearted way; a great book that's easy to read but left me deep in thought long afterVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Nov, 2023
Interesting
Love the book thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jun, 2024
Interesting book from the past.
Interesting book from the past.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jul, 2020
A book to make you think.
Good read.Book arrived on time as described.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
