The Blood of the Lamb: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- This autobiographical novel of family tragedy by the author of Slouching Towards Kalamazoo &“moves deftly from manic hilarity to manic fury, and back again&” (Newsday). The most poignant of Peter De Vries&’s novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also his most personal. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter—a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries&’s own life. Despite its basis in personal tragedy, The Blood of the Lamb offers glimpses of the comic sensibility for which De Vries was famous. Written with a powerful blend of grief, love, wit, and fury, De Vries&’s &“sensitive treatment of the death of a beloved child it has scarcely a superior in contemporary fiction" (Chicago Tribune).
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 258 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780226149172
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780226143880
- Publisher:
- The University of Chicago Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/10/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Peter De Vries
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Jefferey Frank
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