9 edition of The devil in the dooryard found in the catalog.
Published
1986
by Morrow in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Gregory Blake Smith |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS3569.M5356 D4 1986 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 336 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 336 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL2719109M |
| ISBN 10 | 068806664X |
| LC Control Number | 86012419 |
With its faux Eiffel Tower, replica Gotham City and copycat Venice, Las Vegas is arguably the most postmodern city in the world. And in Gregory Blake Smith's intelligent, high-octane new novel. The Devil In the Dooryard “Smith has written an updated version of Santayana's The Last Puritan, a sardonic black comedy that shows we are still as haunted by the specters of savages and witches as .
The Author to Her Book; The Flesh and the Spirit; When Lilacs Last in the Doorway Bloom’d. WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM’D. 1. W HEN lilacs last in the dooryard Author: Timothy Robbins. In his emotionally expansive new novel, Smith (The Divine Comedy of John Venner) spins out five narratives set in Newport, R.I., from its beginnings as a British colony to its later incarnati.
Gregory Blake Smith, American Author, educator. National Endowment for Arts grantee, , Bush Foundation fellow, , Loft-McKnight fellow, Member Associated Writing Programs, Phi Beta . Fast-paced morality tale by the author of The Devil in the Dooryard (). John Venner—a religion professor having a hard time with his soul—teaches at a New Hampshire college near New Eden, the .
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Gregory Blake Smith is the award-winning author of four novels, including The Maze at Windermere and The Divine Comedy of John Venner, a New York Times Notable Book. His short story collection, The Law of Miracles, won the Juniper Prize 2/5(1).
The Devil in The devil in the dooryard book Dooryard How do you live your life when nobody, neither God nor the devil, keeps accounts any longer.
John "Wright" Wheelwright, descendant of the Indian-killer Isaac Wheelwright, the answer lies in adopting a seventeenth-century ghost and moving to an island in Boston harbor.
Gregory Blake Smith is the author of The Devil in the Dooryard and The Divine Comedy of John Venner, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He teaches American 4/5(1). Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Devil in the Dooryard at Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.5/5.
The Devil On The Doorstep book. Read 28 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Annabelle Forest was just seven years old when she was in /5. The Devil In The White City is an entertaining and informative look at Chicago’s World’s Fair, which despite many obstacles – lack of time and money, natural disasters, a bad economy, pressure to top 4/5.
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Stephen King discusses Cujo in On Writing, referring to it as a novel he "barely remembers writing at all."King wrote the book while he was on a cocaine binge. King goes on to say he likes the book Author: Stephen King. Book Review: The Devil in the Dooryard by Gregory Blake Smith, Author William Morrow & Company $0 (p) ISBN Smith's ambitious, experimental first novel takes its title from the.
Gregory Blake Smith is the author of numerous short stories and four novels, The Devil in the Dooryard, The Divine Comedy of John Venner, which was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Madonna of Las Vegas, and The Maze at Windermere.
Subtle this novel is not. As his title makes clear, Smith (The Devil in the Dooryard) doesn't hesitate to invoke the immortals, deploying them for a crude send-up of the schizoid American sexuality. Gregory Blake Smith, an award-winning short story writer, has found a way in his first novel, ''The Devil in the Dooryard,'' to sidestep the pitfalls while dealing effectively and legitimately with.
Directed by Louis King. With William Fairbanks, Ena Gregory, Joseph W. Girard, Robert McKenzie. Gregory Blake Smith (born ), is an American novelist and short story writer. His novel, The Divine Comedy of John Venner, was named a Notable Book of by The New York Times Book Review and his short story collection The Law of Miracles won the Juniper Prize for Fiction and the Minnesota Book.
Fast-paced morality tale by the author of The Devil in the Dooryard (). John Venner--a religion professor having a hard time with his soul--teaches at a New Hampshire college near New Eden, the. the devil’s storybook wishes the very pretty lady the harps of heaven the imp in the basket nuts a palindrome ashes perfection the rose and the minor demon the power of speech the devil’s other Reviews:.
The Devil's Storybook is a New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books. An ALA Notable Book. Chosen by School Library Journal as one of the Best of the Best BooksBrand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.* *The Devil in the Dooryard (Morrow X, Sep ’86 [Dec ’86], $, pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a literary ghost story; a first novel.
* _The Devil in the Dooryard (Ballantine.His previous works are the novels The Devil in the Dooryard (), The Divine Comedy of John Venner (), and The Madonna of Las Vegas (), as well as the short story collection The Law of .
