by John Kennedy Toole · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433929105
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Immerse yourself in the oppressive atmosphere of the Deep South of the United States with 'The Neon Bible' by John Kennedy Toole. Through the eyes of David, a teenager growing up in a miserable town, Toole explores themes of religious fanaticism, poverty, and the search for hope in a desolate environment. The novel tells the story of David, whose life is marked by the loss of his father's job and the ostracism of his community, finding solace only in the figure of his eccentric aunt Mae. With evocative prose and unforgettable characters, 'The Neon Bible' is a moving reflection on lost innocence and the struggle to find a place in an unforgiving world.
John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. At 16 in 1954, he wrote his first novel, The Neon Bible, which he shelved in the same year, not finding a willing publisher; he later dismissed it as "adolescent". Toole was a successful and popular professor, first at University of Southwestern Louisiana, then Hunter College, and finally St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans. Having persuaded Simon & Schuster, however, to accept A Confederacy of Dunces, he was unable to resolve editorial disputes. Due in part to the novel's failure, he suffered from paranoia and depression, dying by suicide at the age of 31.
