Letters from the Earth
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Author
Contributions
- Bernard Augustine De Voto (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
1991-11-01 - Perennial
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7284486M
- ISBN-139780060921057
- ISBN-100060921056
- OCLC Control Number29490949
- OCLC Control Numberlettersfromearth0000twai_f8d2
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number90056427
- LibraryThing3381
- Goodreads1065377
Classifications
- LCCPS1322 .L482 1991
Description
The eponymous story, “Letters from the Earth,” is a set of eleven letters written by Satan to the archangels Gabriel and Michael about his travels. Satan finds human beliefs about themselves almost insane, pointing out that their conception of heaven leaves out everything humans find most pleasurable in life (particularly sex). He also considers God’s hypocrisies: not forgiving Adam and Eve even though humans are supposed to forgive transgressors; forbidding jealousy but then calling himself a jealous God; killing all the large animals during Noah’s flood even though they weren’t guilty of anything; allowing cruelty and misery to torment the innocent.
First Sentence
The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking.
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