Morte d'Urban

Fiction & Literature, Religious, Humorous, Literary
Cover of the book Morte d'Urban by J.F. Powers, New York Review Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: J.F. Powers ISBN: 9781590176603
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: November 21, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: J.F. Powers
ISBN: 9781590176603
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: November 21, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

Winner of The 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.

The hero of J.F. Powers’s comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for moral ambiguity, Urban enjoys a national reputation as a speaker on the religious circuit and has big plans for the future. But then the provincial head of his dowdy religious order banishes him to a retreat house in the Minnesota hinterlands. Father Urban soon bounces back, carrying God’s word with undaunted enthusiasm through the golf courses, fishing lodges, and backyard barbecues of his new turf. Yet even as he triumphs his tribulations mount, and in the end his greatest success proves a setback from which he cannot recover.

First published in 1962, Morte D’Urban has been praised by writers as various as Gore Vidal, William Gass, Mary Gordon, and Philip Roth. This beautifully observed, often hilarious tale of a most unlikely Knight of Faith is among the finest achievements of an author whose singular vision assures him a permanent place in American literature.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Winner of The 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.

The hero of J.F. Powers’s comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for moral ambiguity, Urban enjoys a national reputation as a speaker on the religious circuit and has big plans for the future. But then the provincial head of his dowdy religious order banishes him to a retreat house in the Minnesota hinterlands. Father Urban soon bounces back, carrying God’s word with undaunted enthusiasm through the golf courses, fishing lodges, and backyard barbecues of his new turf. Yet even as he triumphs his tribulations mount, and in the end his greatest success proves a setback from which he cannot recover.

First published in 1962, Morte D’Urban has been praised by writers as various as Gore Vidal, William Gass, Mary Gordon, and Philip Roth. This beautifully observed, often hilarious tale of a most unlikely Knight of Faith is among the finest achievements of an author whose singular vision assures him a permanent place in American literature.

More books from New York Review Books

Cover of the book The Doll by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Little Reunions by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book The Collected Poems of Li He by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Sleepless Nights by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book An Ermine in Czernopol by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Rock, Paper, Scissors by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Eustace and Hilda by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Ivory Pearl by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Abigail by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Max Havelaar by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Images and Shadows by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Essayism by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book The Juniper Tree by J.F. Powers
Cover of the book Anti-Education by J.F. Powers
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy