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. Yet even as he triumphs his tribulations mount, and in the end his greatest success proves a setback from which he cannot recover.įirst published in 1962, Morte D’Urban has been praised by writers as various as Gore Vidal, William Gass, Mary Gordon, and Philip Roth. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Morte D’Urban written by J.F. It was published in 1988, the year he turned 71, which was also 25 years after Morte DUrban won the National Book Award. Brief Summary of Book: Morte D’Urban by J.F. Shelving in the Ps one morning, I wondered whom Id nestle alongside when I was a. 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. Having enjoyed Morte DUrban, Ive moved on to Wheat the Springeth Green, J.F. Its embarrassing to tell, but idle daydreaming while working as a bookseller led me to JF Powers. But then the provincial head of his dowdy religious order banishes him to a retreat house in the Minnesota hinterlands. 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. Powers’s comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Winner of The 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.
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