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Patrick flanerys taut new novel, fallen land, delves into the housing crisis, creeping corporate surveillance and a crisis of neighborliness in american life. Flanerys absolution third novel is a brilliant commentary on pervasive government intrusion into the private lives of citizens. Absolution by patrick flanery, 9780857892027, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Absolution by patrick flanery world literature today. Set in postapartheid south africa absolution is a thought provoking book, and engaging not necessarily, or least of all, in the sense one would initially expect. To begin with why dont you tell us a little bit about yourself where were you. Start reading absolution on your kindle in under a minute. A bold and exciting literary novel set in south africa that contemplates the elusive line between truth and selfpercept.
Absolution is smart, moving, and provocative, a rare combination of pageturner and literary triumph. Absolution npr coverage of absolution by patrick flanery. Early in this compelling debut, clare wald, an ageing famous writer, is talking to a younger man at her house in south africas western cape. Middleaged american college professor jeremy okeefe has. Mirren kincaid remembers the vampire he used to be and hes not going back. Joel yanofsky, patrick flanerys novel absolution is set against a backdrop of modernday south africa, montreal gazette, 17 may 2012. To the south africans in patrick flanerys uncommonly thoughtprovoking novel, absolution, the past is largely a source of anguish, and its torments are most acute when the facts are most elusive. Patrick flanerys absolution is a gripping debut novel which examines the slipperiness of truth. Near the end of patrick flanerys novel absolution is a short discourse on the inability of history to tell all the stories and about the truth that memory always tells. Patrick flanery was born in california in 1975 and raised in omaha, nebraska. Patrick flanerys firstnovel, absolution, sets out to combine diverse threads into one gripping plot. Of the spears first best book award on your kindle in under a minute. Set in postapartheid south africa absolution is a thought provoking book, and engaging not necessarily, or least of all, in the sense one. Absolution is a bold calling card from a major new writer independent on sunday, books of the year patrick flanery is an exceptionally gifted novelist, and he is just getting started philip.
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