{"product_id":"the-sacrilege-of-alan-kent-erskine-caldwell-9780820317892","title":"The Sacrilege of Alan Kent","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Mary Hood writes in her foreword, \"The Sacrilege of Alan Kent is unique. Comparisons are not odious, they are impossible. There is nothing like it in any of Caldwell's published works, nor can we find its example in all of American literature.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Kent is a wanderer, a seeker. Driven by, or fleeing from, unnamed forces, he struggles against the hardening effects of a brutal and indifferent world. In a series of episodes, Erskine Caldwell tells the semiautobiographical story of Kent's childhood, roving early manhood, and transformation into an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe episodes, which range from brief, graphic sketches to one-sentence impressions, are filled with elemental images of light and darkness, blood and water, earth and sky. Although an early work, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacrilege of Alan Kent\u003c\/i\u003e shows readers the poetic economy, stark naturalism, and concern for the South's poorest people that became the hallmarks of Caldwell's later work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erskine Caldwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820317896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820317892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.57w x 0.81d","brand":"Erskine Caldwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926502080767,"sku":"9780820317892","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6db425a3-4b03-4848-9d99-5c8b35043cc5.jpg?v=1681083431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sacrilege-of-alan-kent-erskine-caldwell-9780820317892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}