Wise Blood
by Flannery O'Connor
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalcomedyslowfresh & originalimaginaryglossyenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadssocial commentaryself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeLarger-than-life and fresh: a small-scale novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
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 inborn, desperate fate. He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Sabbath Lily.
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- Author
- Flannery O'Connor
- Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 232
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- Open Library
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