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Wise Blood
An astonishing tale of redemption, retribution and wisdom and a savage satire of America's secular, commercial culture, as well as the humanism it holds so dear.
One of the most gifted and startling writers to have come out of the American South.' V. S. Pritchett
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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 named 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 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. Enoch's crazy manoeuvres 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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Wise Blood has been praised for its intense depiction of a terrifying world, reminiscent of Kafka's work, and is admired for its strong narrative impact. It is noted for the energetic and forthright exploration of religious themes, setting Flannery O'Connor apart as a significant figure in American literature.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571241309
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 February 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 147g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers.
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