Description
| Product ID: | 9780571241309 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Wise Blood |
| Authors: | Author: Flannery O'Connor |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep South. Wise Blood, Flannery O''Connor''s first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep South. There he begins a private battle against the religiosity of the community and in particular against Asa Hawkes, the ''blind'' preacher, and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter. In desperation Hazel founds his own religion, ''The Church without Christ'', and this extraordinary narrative moves towards its savage and macabre resolution. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-28 |
