by Flannery O'Connor
3.5 star read
Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood is one of the most memorable first novels I’ve read. In fact, I rank it right up there with Joe Hill’s Heart-Shaped Box. I’ve always been a fan of O’Connor’s stories, but after reading this book it makes me wished she’d written more novels. She has a knack for dark com...
bookshelves: winter-20132014, published-1952, tbr-busting-2013, doo-lally Read in January, 2014 Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor.Doo lallyn. americas> southern gothic> georgiareligion/aetheismpug uglyfilm onlypub 1952winter 2013All Hazel Motes needs is a Sharp Suit and hat to perform a modern ve...
In my humble and arguably cynical opinion, The two best novels about the American religious experience are Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis and Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. Lewis' book is a satiric look at the merging of fundamental Christianity and Capitalism. It's meaning is pretty straight forwa...
Hazel Motes is trying to find redemption. Although raised a Christian, and still held by its rules and moralizing, he wants to find another way to be saved. Initially, he becomes interested in a blind preacher and his daughter, hoping to become a follower. However, he decides to start preaching on h...
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After reading just a few pages of this book I kept thinking to myself Hazel Motes is doomed. First of all he is the lead character in a Flannery O'Connor novel. The only thing that could be worst is if he were the lead character in a [a:Jim Thompson|7621|Jim Thompson|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/...
I simply can't go on adding book after book after book..... but the description just drew me in! I have to know more about this one!Not sure if the book description is all that accurate. It seems the book is concerned with nihilism versus religion with quirky/strange characters in the South of the U...
flannery o'connor cruelly dissects society's outcasts. this is not a woman with a generous view of humanity, which makes it an enjoyable but often depressing experience. despite the modern-gothic subject matter and the occasionally ornate turn of phrase, a swift read. strangely affecting and open to...
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