Wise Blood
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- Synopsis
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Flannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom 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 inborn, desperate fate.
He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Sabbath Lily.
In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Motes founds 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 Motes's existential struggles.
This tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdom gives us one of the most riveting characters in American fiction.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 236 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374530631
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 10/14/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Estate of Mary Flannery O'Connor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.