The Second Coming - Couverture souple

Lamb, Daniel F.

 
9781496949097: The Second Coming
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1496949099 ISBN 13 : 9781496949097
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2014

Synopsis

This is the story of Bobby McGee, a young man growing up in a rural Florida Panhandle town as seen through the eyes of Bobby himself. We witness through his eyes how his father, the Reverend McGee, leads his flock of followers to hope and ultimately religious ecstasy in the promise of the Second Coming, and then we witness their plunge into the anguish of defeat. We follow Bobby's innocent humor as he zeroes in on the human condition and adult hypocrisy. We also witness Bobby's own loneliness and despair in his desire for a young woman he cannot have. We listen to the stories of his savior, Jorje Carlyle, and follow his wanderings as a runaway, fleeing the disaster of lost hope. We are left nearly breathless as he seeks shelter with another savior, the hobo Joey Kline, in a North Dakota blizzard. Then we enter the theater of the absurd as we witness his encounter with the evangelist in Seattle. We then witness his lowest ebb, homeless with Bubba on the streets of San Francisco. But finally we meet Stephanie and witness their romantic love for each other as well as their ecstatic date with eternity. And then, there is the professor and the nude beach.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the story of Bobby McGee, a young man growing up in a rural Florida Panhandle town as seen through the eyes of Bobby himself. We witness through his eyes how his father, the Reverend McGee, leads his flock of followers to hope and ultimately religious ecstasy in the promise of the Second Coming, and then we witness their plunge into the anguish of defeat. We follow Bobby's innocent humor as he zeroes in on the human condition and adult hypocrisy. We also witness Bobby's own loneliness and despair in his desire for a young woman he cannot have. We listen to the stories of his savior, Jorje Carlyle, and follow his wanderings as a runaway, fleeing the disaster of lost hope. We are left nearly breathless as he seeks shelter with another savior, the hobo Joey Kline, in a North Dakota blizzard. Then we enter the theater of the absurd as we witness his encounter with the evangelist in Seattle. We then witness his lowest ebb, homeless with Bubba on the streets of San Francisco. But finally we meet Stephanie and witness their romantic love for each other as well as their ecstatic date with eternity. And then, there is the professor and the nude beach.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel F. Lamb was born in the rural town of Maryville in Northwestern Missouri and is the son of an itinerant minister and salesman. They traveled from place to place, so Daniel grew up on the road, attending fourteen different schools before his father pulled him out of school upon completing the eighth grade. During these empty high school years, Daniel developed an avid taste for reading and read everything he could find by the author Zane Gray. Later, while serving in the US Army, he earned his high school GED and then passed the entrance exam at the University of Hawaii, where he eventually earned a master's degree in philosophy. During his college years, his avid love of reading continued. He read voluminously the many great literary figures such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Faulkner, and Albert Camus. After his university years, Daniel went to work for AT&T, and it was during these years that he grew intellectually restless and started writing stories. "The Second Coming" is the first to be published.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1496949099
ISBN 13 
9781496949097
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1496949080 ISBN 13 :  9781496949080
Editeur : Authorhouse, 2014
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