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Vestal approaches the type of fiction that has long been sought for coming out of the Mormon culture -- a literary voice drawing on a distinctive culture. The Intermountain West has a long way to go before we approach anything like the Jewish community's successes of Roth, Bellow, Singer, Mailer, Malmud, etc.
In the highest praise I have for the book it at least attempts to explore the conflicts of faith and experience from this regional and religious background. Vestal got quite a nice write up ...more
In the highest praise I have for the book it at least attempts to explore the conflicts of faith and experience from this regional and religious background. Vestal got quite a nice write up ...more