Master of Breath

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Master of Breath by Paul Allen, Paul Allen
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Paul Allen ISBN: 9780988287150
Publisher: Paul Allen Publication: July 1, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Paul Allen
ISBN: 9780988287150
Publisher: Paul Allen
Publication: July 1, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

In the early 1930's, a vicious criminal, alleged to be a prophet and the grandson of the great Seminole war chief, Osceola, escapes from a Florida prison along with two condemned black convicts, recruits a few reservation tribesmen sick of being "road stand Indians," snatches a pair of young hostages and goes on an insanely tragic and doomed campaign to "take back this pointed land" or to kill as many whites as possible before defeat and death.  The novel is a story of flickering madness and humanity, of loyalties and vengeance, of savagery and instinctive compassion, among both the band of killers and the posse that relentlessly pursues it through the Everglades, an awesome and inspiring landscape of reptile infested swamps, vast clouds of insects, stifling humidity, debilitating heat and sudden violent storms that reflects the savagery and possibilities of goodness of the humans that have invaded it.  Both savagery and the possibility of goodness, it becomes clear, exist in the pursued and the pursuers and in nature itself.                                             

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the early 1930's, a vicious criminal, alleged to be a prophet and the grandson of the great Seminole war chief, Osceola, escapes from a Florida prison along with two condemned black convicts, recruits a few reservation tribesmen sick of being "road stand Indians," snatches a pair of young hostages and goes on an insanely tragic and doomed campaign to "take back this pointed land" or to kill as many whites as possible before defeat and death.  The novel is a story of flickering madness and humanity, of loyalties and vengeance, of savagery and instinctive compassion, among both the band of killers and the posse that relentlessly pursues it through the Everglades, an awesome and inspiring landscape of reptile infested swamps, vast clouds of insects, stifling humidity, debilitating heat and sudden violent storms that reflects the savagery and possibilities of goodness of the humans that have invaded it.  Both savagery and the possibility of goodness, it becomes clear, exist in the pursued and the pursuers and in nature itself.                                             

More books from Literary

Cover of the book Sex Theories and the Shaping of Two Moderns by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Dear Mr. Henshaw - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Study Guide for Book Clubs: The Girl on the Train by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Ten Billion Tomorrows by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Murder Mysteries 2nd Edition by Paul Allen
Cover of the book La Pioggia di Primavera - Episodio 2 by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Storia di una capinera by Paul Allen
Cover of the book A History of Modernist Literature by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Les Puritains d’Amérique, Annoté by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Sometimes a Great Notion by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Bad, Sad and Lonely by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Essays on Hilda Hilst by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Imagining the Woman Reader in the Age of Dante by Paul Allen
Cover of the book Departure Lounge by Paul Allen
Cover of the book The King's Mirror by Paul Allen
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy