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Original Title:	At Play in the Fields of the Lord
ISBN:	0679737413 (ISBN13: 9780679737414)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1966)

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Peter Matthiessen

Paperback | Pages: 384 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 2711 Users | 249 Reviews

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In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the fearful and elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on behalf of the local comandante.Out of their struggle Peter Matthiessen has created an electrifying moral thriller, a novel of Conradian richness that explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.

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Title	:	At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Author	:	Peter Matthiessen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	December 3rd 1991 by Vintage (first published 1965)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels. Literature. Religion

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Ratings: 4.03 From 2711 Users | 249 Reviews

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I realize this is an amazing piece of literature, but every time I pick it up, my heart breaks again. That is the mark of a brilliant author, but I just can't bear to keep feeling like this!Prepare yourself, if you embark on this journey, for a descent into the worst outcomes for the evil and even the well-intentioned. This is a world of madness, hallucination, and multiple realities. The story is a kind of celebratory dance of darkness: crude language, addictions, lust, murder, genocide, rape,



I liked this book, a great story, and Matthiessen's description of life in the Amazon jungle and of the Niaruna is fascinating. At the same time, some of the writing is pretty (shockingly) hokey. So while I'd like to give this 4-stars, I can't quite do it.

I must admit that I'm still digesting this book. It was little hard to get into, as events would take place for certain characters and then again from another perspective without the clearest of indications that this was happening. Once I did get into it however, it really became a fascinating book. Though there have been many, many stories about missionaries trying to convert "savage" peoples to Christianity, from The African Queen to The Poisonwood Bible, At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a

Interesting, real and captivating, but ultimately not my type of book. It's depressing and underscores man's worst aspects. Perhaps that makes it a good book but for me it was 3 stars. I simply thought it was not enjoyable.

This book was very interesting, and had a lot of different sub plots going on that I found interesting. The plot was very similar to the plot of the movie Avatar, which was really funny. I didn't really like the ending at all, because the book just ended without a real explanation of what happened to the rest of the characters. It started out well, but was overall disappointing.

For me, lots of books start out strongly and then fizzle out towards the end. This one, though, felt almost the opposite. It started out slowly, and I was dubious that I was going to like it, but it seemed to pick up strength as it went along, and by the time I finished, I loved it.The subject matter is one that really fascinates me: isolated indigenous tribes. This particular one is in some unspecified place in South America. Probably Bolivia. The setting actually feels more like Brazil, but