A novel, not once compared by critics with the “sound and fury” of W. Folkner. Prose, balancing on a thin line between realism, grotesque, parables and social satire.
“The devil fights with God, and the field of this battle is the hearts of people” – this is the best definition for the unusual, touching story of a fourteen -year -old guy from the southern hinterland, brought up by his grandfather – a harsh Puritan, for the great mission of the prophet and teacher. However, there is no prophet in his own country. And the young Francis Tarooter, Osithev and having survived many tragic and even comic adventures, completely agrees with this …
Author
O’Connor Flannery
Translator
Mikhailin V., Vasilenko A.
Publisher
AST, 2011
Series
Book for all times
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