At play in the fields of the Lord / Peter Matthiessen

Public ISBD Titre : At play in the fields of the Lord Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), Auteur Editeur : New york [Etats Unis] : Vintage BOOKS Année de publication : 1991 Importance : 373 p Présentation : couv. ill. en coul Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-679-73741-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 420 Langue anglaise Résumé : In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller—adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide. At play in the fields of the Lord [texte imprimé] / Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), Auteur . - New york [Etats Unis] : Vintage BOOKS, 1991 . - 373 p : couv. ill. en coul ; 21 cm. ISBN : 978-0-679-73741-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 420 Langue anglaise Résumé : In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller—adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.

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