At Play in the Fields of the Lord
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
3 December 1991
Summary
In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679737414 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679737413 |
| Author: | Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 1991 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 134mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Inventive and extremely well-written… . Incredibly moving… . A remarkable performance.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Matthiessen has produced, in expertly crafted and sometimes deeply affecting prose, an entertainment full of glittering color, nose-to-nose conflict and heroic gestures.” –The Washington Post Book World
“A work approaching the highest art, of the most serious purpose.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A haunting novel… . A sardonic wit and a huge fund of compassion illuminate its pages.” –Newsday
“A brutal yet compassionate narrative … that will remain long in the reader’s mind.” –Minneapolis Star Tribune
About The Author
Peter Matthiessen
Winner of the National Book Award and the American Book Award, Peter Matthiessen is the author of over fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Snow Leopard (1978), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965), Far Tortuga (1975), In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1992), and Bone by Bone (1999).
Ilan Stavans teaches at Amherst College. He is the author of The Hispanic Condition (1995), Art and Anger (1996), and The Riddle of Cantinflas (1998), and editor of The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays (1997).
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