The Blood of the Lamb by De Vries, Peter

The Blood of the Lamb (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226143880)

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The Blood of the Lamb by De Vries, Peter

The Blood of the Lamb

$14.00
The Blood of the Lamb by De Vries, Peter

The Blood of the Lamb

$14.00
Format: Paperback
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The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter-a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries's own life. Despite its foundation in misfortune, The Blood of the Lamb offers glimpses of the comic sensibility for which De Vries was famous. Engaging directly with the reader in a manner that buttresses the personal intimacy of the story, De Vries writes with a powerful blend of grief, love, wit, and fury.


Author: Peter De Vries
ISBN-10: 0226143880
ISBN-13: 9780226143880
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
By Peter De Vries
By Peter De Vries
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Peter De Vries (1910-1993), the man responsible for contributing to the cultural vernacular such witticisms as "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be" and "Deep down, he's shallow," was, according to Kingsley Amis, "the funniest serious writer to be found on either side of the Atlantic." But De Vries's life and work was informed as much by sorrow as by wit, and that dynamic is nowhere better seen than in his classics Slouching Towards Kalamazoo and The Blood of the Lamb. First published in 1982 and 1965, respectively, these novels reemerge with their sharp satire and biting pain undiluted by time.

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