At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Peter Matthiessen

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English

Vintage Books
03 December 1991

Travel & holiday; Travel writing

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 localcomandante. 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 Lordexplores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.

By: Peter Matthiessen
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780679737414
ISBN 10: 0679737413
Pages: 373
Publication Date: 03 December 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Inventive and extremely well-written. . . . Incredibly moving. . . . A remarkable performance. San Francisco Chronicle Matthiessen has produced, in expertly crafted and sometimes deeply affecting prose, an entertainment full of glittering color, nose-to-nose conflict and heroic gestures. The Washington Post Book World A work approaching the highest art, of the most serious purpose. St. Louis Post-Dispatch A haunting novel. . . . A sardonic wit and a huge fund of compassion illuminate its pages. Newsday A brutal yet compassionate narrative . . . that will remain long in the reader s mind. Minneapolis Star Tribune