--- product_id: 11238498 title: "Wise Blood: A Novel (FSG Classics)" brand: "flannery o'connor" price: "86.12 DT" currency: TND in_stock: null reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11238498-wise-blood-a-novel-fsg-classics store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Wise Blood: A Novel (FSG Classics) **Brand:** flannery o'connor **Price:** 86.12 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wise Blood: A Novel (FSG Classics) by flannery o'connor - **How much does it cost?** 86.12 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11238498-wise-blood-a-novel-fsg-classics) ## Best For - flannery o'connor enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted flannery o'connor brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Wise Blood: A Novel (FSG Classics) ## Images ![Wise Blood: A Novel (FSG Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71op9XrLhyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Like Being Inside a Fun House That Wasn't Fun *by W***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2023* Perhaps I needed to start with Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, to which I plan to turn next (maybe!) and then re-read Wise Blood because so many friends have extolled her writings, and I personally have often quoted her wisdom on writing to “Show, don’t tell.” But this book mostly repulsed me (along similar lines as Infinite Jest repulsed me – and the book by Markus Zusak called I Am the Messenger).If this story was intended to be satire, it did not amuse me, though the names she created for her characters did. Instead of finding humor in it as I had hoped, I found a strange cartoon that was dark and hideous, like being in a Fun House that wasn’t fun. I think I “get” that the subject here is spiritual blindness, but I don’t think that’s funny. Perhaps I’m just getting cranky in my old age – maybe! I will get back with another review when/if I change my mind about Wise Blood. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dark Night of the Soul, Southern-Style *by V***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2018* This is a hilarious romp through the "Dark Night of the Soul," Southern-hick-style. By referencing "Dark Night of the Soul," I am indeed referring to the poem by 16th Century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross. It's a short poem, and the same one parodied by Douglas Adams in his title :The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul," and I am glad I connected this poem to this work by Flannery O'Conner. It should be companion reading to this book. It will help you unpack these incredible characters that O'Conner paints with her exceptional prose. St. John's version is from a different perspective, of course: the actor of his poem is treading through a darkness of the soul, and comes to discover that the darkness helps him to identify the Light, and provide direction toward it. In O'Conner's story we have an actor who is actively trying to turn off the Light, and what becomes of him.Main character Hazel Motes is committed to denouncing Jesus as the Light. He commits himself to the ministry of calling people to the "light" of unfaith. Yet, in his quest, he finds himself in a dark night where the only light is the Light that persistently burns in his soul. No matter how hard he tries, Hazel just cannot stomp out this persistently burning fire. Ignore it as he might, he cannot help but notice it. He eventually comes to the point of reversing course and darkens his physical eyes so he can do a blind walk of penance back to the Light he tried to escape.Poor Mrs. Flood. She just barely perceives this pin prick of Light in the darkened eyes of her boarder Hazel. But although she just can't seem to help but persistently look for this Light in the darkened eyes of Hazel, it is always beyond her reach, most likely because she is preoccupied with her noble schemes to separate Hazel from his government paychecks. Some might say she preferred the darkness to the Light.And then there is Enoch. He just wants to be friends. It is his Wise Blood for which this novel is named. Wise blood is sort of a turn of phrase he uses to describe his instincts, which largely lead him to do things that ultimately contrive him to make unconventional (and without a doubt disturbing) human connections. He is compelled to veil himself... he hides in a bush to observe the women at the public swimming pool, he pilfers an ape suit in the expectation that it will help people to shake his hand. He seeks connection -- Communion, even. And so we have another seeker going about it the wrong way.This book is thick with Christian themes, and presented through characters that are written in such a way that you are compelled to not really relate to them so that you laugh at them and, hopefully, clearly contemplate the seriously significant subject matters regarding the salvation of the soul. O'Connor's approach is definitely a Roman Catholic approach, but I think the elements of penance presented here are worthy of a protestant's consideration. While we  are saved by grace, it does not discount the many scriptures that speak to the fact that faith without works is dead. Hazel takes his long penitential walks, and he rightly tells Mrs. Flood that, as far as she is concerned, she is good... making the point clear that there are none so blind as those who will not see. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing book *by B***F on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2013* Flannery O'Connor was, first and foremost, a Catholic. She made this plain in how she lived her life, and in her letters her deep commitment to the faith of her fathers becomes very evident. It is impossible to correctly understand her work from any other paradigm.In one letter she writes that she feels most people who read Wise Blood see her as a "hillbilly nihilist." Rather, she would hope, they would see her as a "hillbilly Thomist." Her references to the work of Jacques Maritain (combined with the fact that she read the Summa as a youngster) give proof to her mindset.With this backdrop in mind, reading O'Connor's work becomes an exercise in the best sort of exegesis. Her use of symbol, the grotesque, and even violence, as ways to talk about and analyze Grace and God's actions in our lives (usually soteriological) are profound.Wise Blood is no exception. Her brilliance is on full display here. Haze's commitment to nihilism as a philosophy, and the rejection of Christ that is at its core, is clear. Utilizing this rejection (and employing symbol and imagery) O'Connor shows Haze's denial of Christ, and Christ's constant outpouring of love and grace in pursuit of Haze. Ultimately, Haze is saved, although given O'Connor's brilliant writing, it is hardly sappy or obvious.The characters are rich, interesting, and yes, grotesque. These characters are classic O'Connor, and one does not struggle to find empathy for them, even in their brokenness. We find a "blind preacher" who is not blind, who had resolved to blind himself as a witness to Christ's passion and justification of his sins, but lost his nerve and his faith. Enoch Emory is a fascinating and sympathetic character. It is crushing what rejection by one's father can (but not necessarily will) to do a soul. Yet there is hope for him still.This is a book that I finished a week ago, but has been "with me" constantly since. The writing is absolutely amazing, deep and polished. O'Connor did not write quickly. She wrote, re-wrote, crafted, and re-crafted. Every word that is there is there for a reason, and one must read carefully to get at it all.O'Connor, in all her Scholastic brilliance, is on full display here. This is probably one of the greatest novels I have ever read. Coming to grips with Flannery O'Connor will enrich your life. Don't wait. 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