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"Robert Vivian's prose is lyrical and harrowing-harrowing in the Biblical sense," Sven Birkerts said of The Mover of Bones, the first book in Vivian's Tall Grass Trilogy. That same lyrical power carries this new volume to a place of hard-won hope and redemption at once both spiritual and earthly. Lamb Bright Saviors begins as an apocalyptically inclined itinerant preacher staggers across the Nebraska prairie. With his young assistant, Mady, in tow hauling a wagon stacked with bibles, it's not long before the preacher finds he's come to the final fulfillment of his self-proclaimed life's work: Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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As a travelling preacher suddenly finds himself on death's doorstep, the young girl that travels with him seeks the help of some local residents in rural Nebraska in hopes that the preacher's passing will be swift and painless. The men that she runs into are men that haven't seen each other since many years ago, but have been harboring a deep, dark secret since then.
These men have felt guilty for the crimes they have committed and seem to be able to move on with their lives as the crime has been unpunished up til this day. One man has been released from prison for another crime, another has just returned from Iraq, and another has just been living an unfulfilled life in Point Blank, Nebraska.
As I mentioned this is a beautifully written story that is full of symbolism and hidden meanings, like the name of the town being Point Blank, and even the deficiency of the helpless woman. There is so much to contemplate within this small novel that it would make for a great literary analysis for a college course or any English major. For a person like me that just enjoys a great story that is written well, this book just didn't appeal to me. There was very limited dialogue within the book and what there was you really had to search for as it wasn't obvious. There was also a substantial amount of harsh language in this novel that I really thought was unnecessary. I may have enjoyed the story more without some of the profanity.
So with that said I think you can tell that this novel was not appreciated by me, but that's not to say that you will not enjoy it. This book is laced with themes, including but not limited to war, forgiveness, and death. If you are looking for a story that you need to continually concentrate on while reading then this one is for you! ( )