Deadly Sins

by A.S. Byatt, Gore Vidal, William Trevor, et al.

Book Overview

Eight essays on the ultimate temptations of humankind include Thomas Pynchon on Sloth, John Updike on Lust, Gore Vidal on Pride, A. S. Byatt on Envy, and Joyce Carol Oates on Despair. Reprint. LJ. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688146163
• ISBN13: 9780688146160
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Quill
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Pynchon, Gordon, Updile, Vidal, Trevor, Howard, Byatt, Oates

Eight essays on Sloth, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Avarice, Envy, and Despair (yes that's 8 sins). To be honest I bought it because of Pynchon, (whose essay -if you are even a slight fan- makes the buy worth it) but read on to the back cover. I quickly discovered that these authors compiled around the topic of sins is a great way to see inside these writers styles and appraoch to a similar idea. Some I'd read before, and others introduced themselves in this novel. All were unique and interesting in their own right, especially for someone -me- who isn't terribly interested in sins. Highly reccomended!