Did jude quote from the book of enoch let us reason. I would say that from what i read of the book that the movie was fairly loyal to the source material but much like the book it was just sort of uninteresting. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created, taking the reader far into the lives and souls of its characters and bringing them. If teddy hadnt left us for good, if he was still somewhere up there, ten years later, hovering above the city and the troposphere of the earth, hed see a little heart transformed. Henderson debuts with a comingofage story set in the 1980s that departs from the genres familiar tropes to find a panoramic view of how the imperfect escape from our parents mistakes makes equall. Ten thousand saints pulsates with fullblooded supporting characters who create a tragicabsurd tapestry of decay and rebellion in the ronald reagan years, from depressed new england to volatile. Jun 26, 2011 by his own estimation, jude keffyhorn, the skateboarding teen drug abuser turned cleanliving proselytizer in eleanor hendersons first novel, ten thousand saints, is an inessential. Jun 19, 2011 the knot of intimacy at the center of ten thousand saints is the friendship between teddy mcnicholas and jude keffyhorn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. Sep 12, 2017 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel.
It is based on the novel of the same name by eleanor henderson. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. An associate professor at ithaca college, she lives in ithaca, new york, with her husband and two sons. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson in the roiling, electrified streets of new york city in the 1980s, eliza, jude and johnny each show up wanting a place to hide from everything that has gone wrong, big and small, in their short lives. Sep 20, 2017 when i picked up eleanor hendersons ten thousand saints, a comingofage novel set in 1980s new york, i must have been overworked or underfed or, you know, temporarily insane, because for some reason, i put it down. Ten thousand saints was a difficult process because it is a long book with a lot of subplots, so organizing that material to figure out what to cut out is sometimes daunting.
This is the trailer for the book ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson. Then i looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. Buy a cheap copy of ten thousand saints book by eleanor henderson. These three, thrown together by their parents mistakes and. Given the title of ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons entertaining and readable debut novel, and the fact that its protagonist is named for saint jude, you might reasonably conclude that the book is about goodness, sainthood, moral transformation. Ten thousand saints starts with new years eve in 1987. This summary of ten thousand saints includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created henderson writes with great compassion but does not flinch.
Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wondera sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during. This is a story of a group of teenagers struggling to come to terms with the death of a friend. Now enoch, the seventh from adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, behold, the lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, king james bible and enoch also, the seventh from adam, prophesied of these, saying, behold, the lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, christian standard bible. May 25, 2012 still, ten thousand saints has an intuitive grasp of the hungering souls of adolescents, and henderson cannily illuminates the contradictions at the core of straight edge the way violence. Jun 07, 2011 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip.
Aug 15, 2015 with a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s new york to help raise the unborn child of teenager. Hers is a book where minor characters play the major roles. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your. A sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during. Now available in paperbacklearn morebuy the book ten thousand saints 10 best books of 2011, the new york times a years reading selection, the new yorker top 5 fiction title, o magazine top 10 debut fiction title by finalist, 2011 award for first fiction, l. Still, ten thousand saints has an intuitive grasp of the hungering souls of adolescents, and henderson cannily illuminates the contradictions at the core of straight edge the way violence. In her vibrant debut, a sweeping comingofage novel set against the pulsing new york city punk scene of the late 1980s, eleanor henderson asks this and much more, bringing to life both a set of achingly real characters and the unique time in which they lived in ten thousand saints.
In johns description of the heavenly scene, he heard the voice of many angels. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your head. In the roiling, electrified streets of new york city in the 1980s, eliza, jude and johnny each show up wanting a place to hide from everything that has gone wrong, big and small, in their short lives. Marks are brought back to lifehendersons book reads in part like an elegy.
Editions of ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson. It was a whole oeuvre of comics and graphic novels and we had to find a way to synthesize. Ten thousand saints is well written, insightful, and entertaining. Ten thousand saints audiobook by eleanor henderson. Set in the 1980s, a teenager from vermont moves to new york city to live with his father in east village. Adopted by a pair of diehard hippies, restless, marginal jude.
A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Well, were all human, and were all allowed to be wrong. Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is an emphatically observed story of a frayed tangle of family members brought painfully together by a death, then carried along in anticipation of a new and unexpected life. Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is a story of a frazzled bunch of family members that were brought together by teddys sudden death due to an overdose, then carried along in anticipation of the birth of his child. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback. Eleanor henderson was born in greece, grew up in florida, and attended middlebury college and the university of virginia. Is the book of enoch something of god, or is it a book of false doctrine that christians should stay away from. I remember this manhattan, the sunday matinees at cbs, the rage over yuppies colonizing the east village. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ten thousand saints. Eleanor henderson author of the twelvemile straight. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading. Times longlist, impac dublin literary award a sweeping, multigenerational drama set.
Aug 10, 2015 ten thousand saints was a difficult process because it is a long book with a lot of subplots, so organizing that material to figure out what to cut out is sometimes daunting. The ambition of ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel about a group of unambitious lost souls, is beautiful. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback barnes. One day she was taking out the trash and found a body chopped up in the dumpster behind her. Hed find elisa in brooklyn, starting her own family, and his best friend, believe it or not, about to become a father himself. Ten thousand saints is a 2015 american drama film written and directed by shari springer berman and robert pulcini. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novela planet, a universe, a trip.
Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wondera sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york. Ten thousand saints is a history of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but it is also a life lesson for every generation that ignores the importance of mothers and fathers in every human life. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. Then i looked again, and i heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel. In ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel, the ghosts of st. And enoch also, the seuenth from adam, prophesied of these, saying, behold, the lord commeth with ten thousands of his saints, king james version 1611 view 1611 bible scan it was also about these men that enoch, in the seventh generation from adam, prophesied, saying, behold, the lord came with many thousands of his holy ones. Ten thousand saints is based on a novel which i read about half of. Teenagers when the book begins, they specialize in petty theft.
In the case of something like american splendor, it wasnt just a book. Meghan orourke on a highoctane debut novel set in 1980s new york city. Jul 03, 2011 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. Aug 14, 2015 directed by shari springer berman, robert pulcini. The film stars asa butterfield as jude keffyhorn, the protagonist of the story. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder a sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during the late 1980s, ten thousand saints triumphantly heralds the arrival a remarkable.
Ten thousand saints audiobook, by eleanor henderson. Ten thousand saints is a 2015 american drama film written and directed by shari springer. The knot of intimacy at the center of ten thousand saints is the friendship between teddy mcnicholas and jude keffyhorn. Ten thousand saints eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. Hed know that hed not been forgotten, even if the outlines of his face. With empathy and masterful skill, eleanor henderson has conjured a rich portrait of the modern. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson goodreads. In saints, a straightedge coming of age set in the late 1980s, eleanor hendersons bittersweet ten thousand saints follows three teens as they search for belonging in a rapidly changing manhattan. The story is kind of flat and its hard to get engaged. The resulting novel, ten thousand saints, is the best thing ive read in a long time. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so.
Feb 23, 2014 this is the trailer for the book ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, not the movie we do not own this video. Eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. By his own estimation, jude keffyhorn, the skateboarding teen drug abuser turned cleanliving proselytizer in eleanor hendersons first novel, ten thousand saints, is an inessential. With ethan hawke, asa butterfield, hailee steinfeld, emily mortimer. Ten thousand saints book pima county public library. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created. With a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s. Jun 07, 2011 eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. While i dont use it to determine doctrine, i find it interesting and worth looking at in comparing to the foundation of scripture from the accepted canon of books.
As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created, taking the reader far into the lives and souls of its characters and bringing them back out again, blinking in the bright light. Jude and teddy are teenagers celebrating the coming new year with some others, but unfortunately after a night of partying and drug taking, one of them doesnt live to see 1988. The film premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival on january 23, 2015. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson off the shelf. The original word is muriasin, which is rendered myriads in several translations. The book of enoch is nonbiblical and pseudepigraphical what we have today is not written by enoch. Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which the sinful and ungodly have done, and committed against him. Ann patchett, author of commonwealth i loved ten thousand saints.