 First edition | |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 384 pp |
| ISBN | 0002210878 |
| Preceded by | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith |
| Followed by | Moses the Lawgiver |
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974) is a novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally. [1]
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Kirkus Reviews noted about the novel: "This is probably Keneally's magnum opus, but like other culminating masterpieces its fictional components have been foreshadowed in his earlier, more modest novels. Again Keneally examines the predicament of the wise fools of this world, the forthright blunderers who, unlike the Establishment, take account of the realities of human suffering and cosmic bewilderment." [2]
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