Letters From The Earth: An Atheist Classic!
by Mark Twain
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Book Summary Information
Author: Mark TwainEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-24
ISBN: 1449525695
Number of pages: 82
Publisher: CreateSpace
Book Reviews of Letters From The Earth: An Atheist Classic!
Book Review: Not Tom Sawyer!
Summary: 5 Stars
Not Tom Sawyer! Twain turns his wit to writing about God, Christianity, the Bible and the many curious natures of man. This collection was so controversial that his daughter prohibited its publication until 52 years after his death. "Twain sentimentalists will gasp, Bible-belters will turn purple, austere stylistic purists will raise eyebrows--but dyed-in-the-wool Twain enthusiasts will grab hungrily for what amounts to a new volume by the 'Lincoln of our literature.' ...The pages in this volume range from furious to funny, from deadly earnestness to frothy wordplay." Said the Library Journal.
The fact is, this is so funny, that I was laughing out loud, and when I let a co-working read it, we almost had a fight. This is not funny to church goers. So beware. It will be pulled from libraries soon.
Summary of Letters From The Earth: An Atheist Classic!
An Atheist Classic! Twain wrote "I procured from the high priest of this ancient Samaritan community, at great expense, a secret document of still higher antiquity and far more extraordinary interest, which I propose to publish as soon as I have finished translating it." These were the letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels Gabriel and Michael, about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. Home spun American hero Mark Twain alternately employs his cutting wit, satire to spoof Christianity & it's foolish beliefs (e.g. most men desire sex to the point of risking heaven, yet they imagine a heaven - the most wonderful place possible - as a place with no sex; most men prefer never to sing and never ever to sing in public, yet they imagine a heaven of ceaseless, eternal singing; etc.) and his scathing moral outrage on other parts of the Old Testament (passages encouraging genocide, rape, and particularly violent rape).Genre Fiction Books
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