And the Ass Saw the Angel
by Nick Cave
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Author: Nick CaveEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-26
ISBN: 1880985721
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: 2.13.61
Book Reviews of And the Ass Saw the Angel
Book Review: A Staggering work of genius!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is grotesque and difficult to read (some will tell you it could have been edited a little better and is full of typos). However, this is part of the books brilliance; narrated as it is by an illiterate mute. Whether deliberate or not on Cave's part, I thought it worked nonetheless.
Euchrid's (The protagonist) bile, anger and contempt vomits forth onto the page through a guttural, almost unintelligible Deep South narration; as cold, bitter and unkind as the world he inhabits. This is good old fashioned fire and brimstone. Themes from the Old Testament (and some New T.) run through the narrative of the book, with strong influences from Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy, all screamed at you by an angry street preacher in the vein of Ian Paisley.
Given the location for the story, comparisons with Faulkner have and will be made. However, to cast off Cave's book as a mere Faulkner imitation does not do justice to the complexity of the story, the writing or the work of either author. Cave's writing style paints a vivid picture of hell, exposes and lays bare the prejudices and hypocrisies of book's townfolk and builds to a crescendo of the righteous vengeance visited upon them
If you like your religious motifs delivered in an easy Hollywood fashion, you would probably be better off with a Dan Brown novel.
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