A hall of mirrors, dog soldiers winner of the national book award, a flag for sunrise, children of light, outerbridge reach, damascus gate, and bay of souls. Ambitious, passionate, darkly comic, damascus gate is a timely and brilliant story of belief, power, salvation, and apocalypse. With soaring vision and profound intelligence, robert stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our desperate search, at any price, for the consolation of redemptionand about the people who are all too willing to provide it. Would you ever listen to anything by robert stone again. Damascus gate by robert stone in fb2, rtf, txt download e book. With soaring vision and profound intelligence, robert stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our. But it is difficult to read damascus gate with anything like the respect it seems to desire, and. If youve read stone previously, much of what you encounter in damascus gate will be relatively familiar. Ive been waiting my whole life to fuck up like this.
Age of ultron is supercharged and lifeless, frenetic and stone cold dead, a barrage of action scenes that look fake, yet make you wonder if fake is the new real. Damascus gate by robert stone book cover, description, publication history. Damascus gate book by robert stone 10 available editions. International intrigue, secular conspiracy, religious hysteria and grim black humourat once religious discussion, love story, mystery, delivered with the verve of an airport thriller. Political novel set in jerusalem ponders politics, identities al jadid. Best sellers todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics home computers. Early in robert stone s 1998 novel damascus gate, we meet a former kgb officer named basil thomas, who claims to have secret documents revealing the truth about some of. Damascus gate by robert stone and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This fellow said to me if you think someonesdoing you wrong, its not for you to judge.
Stone returned to the complex political novel with damascus gate 1998, about a man with messianic delusions caught up in a terrorist plot in jerusalem. Damascus gate by robert stone probably is the worst book i have ever attempt to read in my 80 years of life. An explosive bestseller, damascus gate lays bare the dangers at the fringes of faith. Robert stone is one of the best contemporary realists america has. Early in robert stones novel damascus gate, which appeared in 1998, we meet a former kgb officer named basil thomas, who claims to have secret documents revealing the truth about some of the most. Robert stone was giving a talk at the new york public library in 1988 about the political novel. A hall of mirrors, dog soldiers winner of the national book award, a flag for sunrise, children of light. Sponsored by the united nations and the 92nd street y in celebration of national literacy day. Damascus gate by robert stone 1999, paperback for sale. The book is not coherent and it seems that the author was not all there while trying to write the book and then he fills the book with number of unbelievable characters and looser that would be difficult to found anywhere.
Stones inordinately ambitious sixth novel, which in several surface ways resembles his a flag for sunrise 1981, grapples with intractable issues of political and religious faith, compromise, and betrayal. Stone s books also included the novel damascus gate, another story of a wayward journalist, this time in the middle east. Damascus gate by robert stone pdf free download ebook. In damascus gate, robert stone attempts to explain this conundrum emotionally through a tale of ex patriot seekers living in jeruselem. Ambitious, passionate, darkly comic, damascus gate is not only robert stones biggest and best novel to date, but a timely and brilliant story of belief, power, salvation, and apocalypse.
Damascus gate by robert stone book cover isbn 9780395665695. Ward just robert stone is an explorer who takes his readers to the fractured edges of the known world. This is another book i found at clunes book festival in victoria and i wonder, is. On the cusp of the millennium, jerusalem has become a battleground in. For what its worth, i rank stone among a handful of living great american writers and have hungrily seized opportunities to chat with himwith the publication of outerbridge reach, damascus gate, bear and his daughter his one story collection and bay of souls. The book s depth is often dauntingat times its as if the author expects you to have a working knowledge of the hebrew language and jewish mysticism. His story collection, bear and his daughter, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and his memoir, prime green, was published in 2006. The novel was a finalist for the national book award for 1998. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Damascus gate bby robert stone houghton mifflin co, 1997. With soaring vision and profound intelligence, robert stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our desperate search, at any price, for the consolation of redemption and about the people who are all too willing to provide it. A violent confrontation in the gaza strip, a mindaltering pilgrimage, a race through riotfilled jerusalem streets, a catandmouse game in an.
The stories collected in bear and his daughter span nearly thirty years 1969 to the present. The jerusalem of robert stones novel abounds in prophets, conspiracies and fanatics. But lucas, who is trying to write a book about religious mania in. Robert stones jerusalemset spy novel tablet magazine. Set in jerusalem, where violence, ecstasy, heresy, and salvation are all to be found, the latest. Stones inordinately ambitious sixth novel, which in several surface ways resembles his a.
Children of light, the fictional saga of a drunken. Damascus gate by robert stone 1998, hardcover, teachers. See more ideas about tiles, tile art and subway tile. Damascus gate book by robert stone official publisher. Its highly unlikely that if you are reading this you are unaware or unappreciative of american novelist robert stone. A literary thriller set in the hot zone jerusalem roiling with political intrigue and. But stone s latest novel is set in jerusalem in the early 1990s, making manifest the metaphor lurking behind much of his work and raising the stakes of damascus gate, which has an emblematic urgency unusual even for a writer of stone s ambition.
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