Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor Trade Paperback

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ISBN
9780374505844
Book Title
Wise Blood
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
1962
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Flannery O'Connor
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Literary
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374505845
ISBN-13
9780374505844
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Wise Blood
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1962
Topic
Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Flannery O'Connor
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Dewey Edition
20
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"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 Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
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., 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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  • by xiranfay
    Jun 26, 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 after

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: betterworldbookswest

  • by annspe2957
    Nov 09, 2023

    Interesting

    Love the book thank you

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

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    May 31, 2024

    Interesting book from the past.

    Interesting book from the past.

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    Jul 22, 2020

    A book to make you think.

    Good read.Book arrived on time as described.

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