The lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz.

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Russell Hoban: The lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. (1973, Stein and Day)

191 pages

English language

Published March 19, 1973 by Stein and Day.

ISBN:
978-0-8128-1624-2
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OCLC Number:
720829

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It's not enough to bite at the chariot's wheel that crushes us—but bite we must

A fable for adults. That kind of generalized, rounded writing really sucks the air out of my tires; not sure why. But the tale veers into some quite startling specifics as well. There's some anguish over relationships between parents and children, sex and violence, death and life.

3 stars—OK to have read another work by Hoban, and some decent sparks for rumination.

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Subjects

  • Fathers and sons -- Fiction
  • Runaway husbands -- Fiction
  • Cartographers -- Fiction
  • Young men -- Fiction