Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
"Wise Blood" is a novel about a young man named Hazel Motes, who returns home to Tennessee after serving in World War II and finds his religious beliefs shaken. He becomes a street preacher, founding the Church Without Christ to preach his message of faithlessness. The book explores themes of redemption, faith, and the struggle between belief and atheism as Hazel interacts with a variety of eccentric characters and faces his own internal battles.
The 434th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1952
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Words
- 64,000
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 9th on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
- 41st on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
- 56th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
- 62nd on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- 82nd on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 1029th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))