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A review by kimbofo
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
4.0
Flannery O'Connor's debut novel, Wise Blood, was first published in 1949. It's a rather odd, slightly disturbing, tale set in America's evangelical Deep South after the Second World War.
The story follows a young man, Hazel Motes, from Eastrod, Tennessee, who returns to the South after four years in the army. We know little of his background other than his grandfather had been a preacher, his younger brother died in infancy and his other brother fell in front of a mowing machine when he was seven years old.
We also know that as a child he had wanted to follow family tradition and become a preacher, but somewhere along the line — most likely in the war — he has turned completely against religion and does not believe that Jesus exists.
When he arrives back home he comes across a "blind" preacher, Asa Hawkes, and his 15-year-old daughter, Sabbath, and is so infuriated by their "message" that he decides to set up his own anti-religion. It is called The Church Without Christ.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog.
The story follows a young man, Hazel Motes, from Eastrod, Tennessee, who returns to the South after four years in the army. We know little of his background other than his grandfather had been a preacher, his younger brother died in infancy and his other brother fell in front of a mowing machine when he was seven years old.
We also know that as a child he had wanted to follow family tradition and become a preacher, but somewhere along the line — most likely in the war — he has turned completely against religion and does not believe that Jesus exists.
When he arrives back home he comes across a "blind" preacher, Asa Hawkes, and his 15-year-old daughter, Sabbath, and is so infuriated by their "message" that he decides to set up his own anti-religion. It is called The Church Without Christ.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog.