Moise and the world of reason [Hardcover]

Tennessee Williams (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: W. H. Allen; 1st edition (1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0491019351
• ISBN-13: 978-0491019354
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,832,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), one of the 20th century's most superb writers, was also one of its most successful and prolific. His classic works include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, Camino Real, Sweet Bird of Youth, Night of the Iguana, Orpheus Descending, and The Rose Tattoo.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Moise and the World of Reason., May 16, 2010

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Thanadaraya - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moise and the World of Reason (Hardcover)

This is the last full length novel Tennessee Williams completed before his tragic death in 1983.
It is a major work of fiction: erotic,sensual, comic and totally convincing.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No suspense, just good art, January 31, 2001

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Gary Britson (Des Moines, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moise and the world of reason (Hardcover)

By the time he wrote this novel, Tennessee Williams had long since earned the right to describe a condition instead of narrating a page-turner. Here, you turn the pages because a serious artist is spellbinding even in simplicity, not because you are being manipulated by some Hollywood hack. Williams didn't need to write about serial killers. He didn't need silly literary hooks or meretricious pyrotechnics. He was a poet and brought a poet's skill to his book. If you want to see what a literary novel can be, I recommend this without reservation. It might make you want to give up on the serial killer books and start reading something decent for a change.