Messiah
Gore Vidal · 1954
Read Messiah by Gore Vidal (1954) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/73527-messiah.txt.
Description
Gore Vidal wrote a novel of a new faith born in modern America. E P Dutton and Company issued Messiah in New York in 1954, a first form. The book is given to Tennessee Williams at the front. A quote from the Goncourt Journals of 1861 foresees a photographed god.
An old narrator owns that he was there, yet cannot trust his own memory. Eyes of memory shift from near in youth to far in age, he writes. The tale looks back on a cult that swept a nation by press and screen. Readers gain a cool, sharp fable of fame, faith, and power.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gore Vidal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1954 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 467 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |