A 2023 New York Times Notable Book The best book I've read all year. Protean, singular, original. Amal El-Mohtar for the New York Times The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant. Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen. Everything in Luriat is more than it seems. Group therapy is recruitment for a revolutionary cadre. Junk email hints at the arrival of a god. Every door is laden with potential, and once closed may never open again. The city is scattered with Bright Doors, looming portals through which a cold wind blows. In this unknowable metropolis, Fetter will discover what kind of man he is, and his discovery will rewrite the world.
The Saint of Bright Doors
$17.22 - $44.65
- UPC:
- 9781250847386
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 7/11/2023
- Release Date:
- 7/11/2023
- Author:
- Chandrasekera, Vajra
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Pages:
- 368