Coover, Robert

The Origin of the Brunists

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ISBN 13:
9780802137432
author:
Coover, Robert
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Avalon Travel Publishing
language:
English
Publication Year:
2000
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
20.6 x 13.7 x 3.3 cm
Genre:
Books
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£15.72

Description

Robert Coover's The Origin of the Brunists is a novel of intensity and conviction, exploring the madness of religious frenzy and the sometimes greater madness of ordinary citizens. A coal-mine explosion in a small American town claims ninety-seven lives, and the only survivor is adopted by a group of small-town mystics who see him as a doomsday prophet. As the cult's ranks swell and its members gather on the Mount of Redemption to await the apocalypse, Coover lays bare the darker aspects of human nature. This is a novel that says what it has to say with rudeness, vigor, poetry, and a headlong narrative momentum. First published in 1969, The Origin of the Brunists is a masterpiece of absurdist fiction that showcases Coover's fearless and incisive writing style.

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