Wise Blood
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571241309 (0571241301)
Publish date: 2008
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
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...
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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...