Semon Dye es un predicador itinerante. Circulando por el estado de Georgia, su coche le deja tirado a la entrada de la propiedad de Clay Horey. A partir de aquí solo habrá problemas. Los habitantes de Rocky Comfort le acogen, al fin y al cabo la única iglesia del pequeño pueblo se usa para almacenar fertilizantes. Pero Dye no tarda en seducir esposas y ex esposas, beberse todo el whisky, hacer trampa a los dados, ostentar armas y ocultar solo a medias su pasado de convicto. A pesar de su conducta nadie parece capaz de pararlo: el pueblo entre en trance cada vez que usa la palabra divina.
"Part allegory, part tall tale, and with a good measure of old frontier humor, Journeyman tells how Preacher Semon Dye mysteriously arrives in Rocky Comfort, Georgia, and inside of a week nearly tears the small community apart. As devilish as he is divine, Dye helps Rocky Comfort's citizens to rationalize their vices and weaknesses, and then uses their flaws to his own advantage. Offering no forgiveness for their actions and no justification for his own, Dye confronts the people of Rocky Comfort with their own sins as he gambles, drinks, carouses, and fights along with them. Culminating in a tumultuous, ecstatic revival, Journeyman is filled with insights into human nature and the physical and emotional aspects of religious fervor."
"Meet one of Erskine Caldwell's most memorable characters: the philandering, murderous itinerant preacher, Semon Dye. Part allegory, part tall tale, and with a good measure of old frontier humor, Journeyman tells how Dye mysteriously arrives in Rocky Comfort, Georgia, and inside of a week nearly tears the small community apart. As devilish as he is divine, Dye helps Rocky Comfort's citizens to rationalize their vices and weaknesses, and then uses their flaws to his own advantage. Offering no forgiveness for their actions and no justification for his own, Dye confronts the people of Rocky Comfort with their own sins as he gambles, drinks, carouses, and fights along with them. Culminating in a tumultuous, ecstatic revival, Journeyman is filled with insights into human nature and the physical and emotional aspects of religious fervor."
"Semon Dye es un predicador itinerante. Circulando por el estado de Georgia, su coche le deja tirado a la entrada de la propiedad de Clay Horey. A partir de aquí solo habrá problemas. Los habitantes de Rocky Comfort le acogen, al fin y al cabo la única iglesia del pequeño pueblo se usa para almacenar fertilizantes. Pero Dye no tarda en seducir esposas y ex esposas, beberse todo el whisky, hacer trampa a los dados, ostentar armas y ocultar solo a medias su pasado de convicto. A pesar de su conducta nadie parece capaz de pararlo: el pueblo entre en trance cada vez que usa la palabra divina."@en
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