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Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1952
Pages
Pages 240

A war veteran returns home determined to escape God, preaches a church with no Christ from the hood of his car, and finally blinds himself and walks himself to death in penance for the faith he could never actually shake.

It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.
Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor

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